Contents. Introduction. Cleaning of textile materials. Equipment for care of textiles. Care labelling. Care instructions for specialty textile items. Stains. Storage of clothing. Environmental impact and health hazards of cleaning. Future trends. Conclusions. References
Dr. Rajkishore Nayak is currently working as a senior lecturer at
the Centre of Communication and Design, RMIT University, Vietnam.
He completed his PhD from the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT
University, Australia. He has around 15 years of experience in
teaching and research related to Fashion and Textiles. He published
about 90 peer-reviewed papers in national and international
journals. Recently, Rajkishore was awarded with the "RMIT
University Research Excellence Award-2015". He also received the
"RMIT University Teaching and Research Excellence Award-2012" and
"RMIT University International Scholarship2008". He worked with the
School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Australia from
2012-2016 in teaching and research.
Dr. Saminathan Ratnapandian is employed as Professor at EiTEX
(Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology), Bahir Dar
University, Ethiopia. He earned his PhD from School of Fashion and
Textiles, RMIT University, Australia in 2013. He was a research
fellow at TRI/Princeton (Masters degree) and RMIT University
(doctoral degree). His publications are available in a broad
spectrum of reputed journals related to fashion and textiles. He
has served the sector for nearly 25 years.
"This comprehensive book covers a wide variety of themes from
cleaning of textile and apparel materials and environmental and
health hazards, to specific applications. This is the first book of
its kind to give a complete coverage of care and maintenance of
textiles and apparels. It is a good book and worth reading as far
as care and maintenance of textile and apparel products."
—K.N. Chatterjee, The Technological Institute of Textile and
Sciences, Bhiwani, India"This book will be the first in the subject
area covering a wide range of chapters. Starting from general
washing, dry-cleaning; this book has covered the cleaning of
various protective clothing, effect of cleaning on the clothing
properties; details of care labeling and the recent developments;
care of specialty textile items and the environmental and health
impacts of care and maintenance. This book can be a good source of
knowledge for many academic institutions and researchers working in
the textile and clothing areas."—Asis Patnaik, Cape Peninsula
University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
