Ageing (textiles)

Ageing (also called aging,^[1]^[2] stoving, and hanging^[3]) is a kind of after treatment process for certain 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.^[4]

The process is carried out using a variety of machines, including "loop agers." Fabric hangs and runs over guide rollers as it is exposed to steam at a certain temperature and for a specific amount of time.^[3]^[5]^[1]

^ ^a ^b Glossary of Printing Terms. AATCC. p. 2.
^ "textile - Printing | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
^ ^a ^b O'Neill, Charles; Fesquet, A. A. (1869). A dictionary of dyeing and calico printing : containing a brief account of dyeing and printing textile fabrics. University of California Libraries. Philadelphia : H.C. Baird. pp. 52, 53.
^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Division, Allied Chemical Corporation Fibers (1968). Fabric Printing. p. 36.

[:1-1] Glossary of Printing Terms. AATCC. p. 2.

[2] "textile - Printing | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

[:0-3] O'Neill, Charles; Fesquet, A. A. (1869). A dictionary of dyeing and calico printing : containing a brief account of dyeing and printing textile fabrics. University of California Libraries. Philadelphia : H.C. Baird. pp. 52, 53.

[:3-4] Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:2-5] Division, Allied Chemical Corporation Fibers (1968). Fabric Printing. p. 36.

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