| Abstract: | Japanese oak silk fibres have been treated with methacrylamide, and the dyeing behaviour when using levelling acid and milling acid dyes has been investigated. Infra-red spectroscopy indicated that a methacrylamide polymer skin was produced on the fibre surface at high levels of polymer add-on. The methacrylamide polymer skin was dyed with the milling acid dye, although not dyed with the levelling acid type. The penetration of the levelling acid dye into the fibres was not interrupted by the polymer skin. |
