The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
BAMpANA 'kERCEilEES.
How They Are Mauo and Printed III tho
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How They Are Mauo and Printed liz tho
Great Scotch Factories.
All ba,1dana nantikerchiefs, which used
to be imported from India in considerable
quantities in the end Of the last and begin
ming of the present century, and an essen
tial part OF the equipment OF the man Of
fashion, were long u puzzle 10 the printers
| and dyers Of Great Britain. says the Hab-
cr.losher. They were Of silk, aud bore white
spots on q uniformly dyed red ground. The
spots were produced htT tying up the cloth
! at those parts so tightly that when the
handkerch lei was dipped int, the dye the
latter could not penetrate the protected
parts When the cloth was dyed and tho
! tyings loosed tie white spots relieved them
selves,
Many attempts were inad6 In Great Brit
ain to initiate this product Of Indian industry,
bat with little success until about the year
| 1911, when NJ Kcechlin invented the "dis-
charge process" of figuring dyed cloth.
This beav tiful discovery WAS at once adopt
| cd by Messrs Monteith & Co., OF Glasgow,
and so successfully worked as to produce
| goods exceeding in beauty the famous BAN
| danas Of India Several other Glasgow
| firms turned their attention to the produce
| ton of bandanas, and the city and it's
ueighborhood has since enjoyed almost a
/ monopoly OF this branch Of manufacture.
| The cloth intended for bsndan:,s is dyed
of uniform color--inost commonly red or
blue-and a dozen pieces are laid one over
another and wound upon d roller. This roller
! is placed on bearings behind q press Of pc
| cuIiar construction. The press consists
: Of 81 bed~piate mounted on hydraulic gear,
and an upper plate or tplaten.n TIE print
ing, if we may SO call it, is done by means
oi two stout plates Of lead, fixed to The up
per and lower plates of the press respect
lively. II design is to consist Of, say,
white spots On the colored ground,
the exposed surfaces of the lead
plates have cut into them series OF
depressions corresponding to the size and
number of the spots desired. These have
to be accurately placed, SO that when the
two plates are brought together the depres~
sions Of one shall fall exactly over these in
the other. AL being ready, the pressman
takes hold OF the end Of the twelve~tcld web
Of cloth and lays it on the lower plate; the
| plates arc then brought together with g.
pressure OF two or three hundred tons. 1t
will be noted that now the whole body Of
the cloth is tightly pinched except those
parts which come between the depressions
in the plates. Communicating with each Of
these deprsssions are openings through the
! upper plate, and channels leading thereto.
when the pressure Is fully on tap is
opened and stream Of bleaching liquid
flows along the channels in the upper plate
| and finds its way by the aperture to the
cloth, through which it passes and makes its
exit by the opening IN the depressions in
the lower plate. To quicken tbs action Of
the liquid and cause it to penetrate the ex-
posed parts Of the cloth thoroughly, a force
pump is employed. As the liquid passes
through the cloth it dissolves the connec-
ton between the mordant and the colocing
matter, and carries off the latter, leaving
the part it has come into contact with pure
ly white. a press attended by one man is
capable Of producing seven hundred hand
kerchiefs per day. There is no limit to the
variety Of forms that may be given to the
cleared spaces, and many beautiful effects
are produced by printing various colors
into these. The effect of the adoption of
this process Of producing bandanas was lit
need scarcely be said) to reduce their cost
enormously and consequently bring them
into greater extended use.