Ageing (textiles)
Ageing (also called aging, stoving, and hanging) is a kind of Finishing (textiles), after treatment process for certain Textile printing, printed textile materials in which the goods are exposed to warm and moist atmosphere. Steaming is an evolved way to obtain the intended results. The objectives of the ageing process include the developing and fixing of the mordants and colors. The process is carried out using a variety of machines, including "loop agers." Textile, Fabric Festoon, hangs and runs over guide rollers as it is exposed to steam at a certain temperature and for a specific amount of time. History Initially, colours were fixed through the action of sunlight, air, and dew, which evolved into ageing rooms and, more recently, rapid-aging systems (in the form of steam-cabinets). Stoving was the early name used to describe the process of ageing in wooden or brick chambers heated by a furnace beneath. In stoving, temperature or heating was the consideration, while it ignor ...
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