An Appraisal of Key Soap on Tensile Strength in Three Washing Cycles of Selected Printex Fabrics in Ghana

Table 1.

Tensile Strengths of Selected Printex Black and White Cotton Fabrics withPlain, Plisse and Embossed Finishes after Washing with Key Soap

Finishing type	Yarn direction	Mean tensile strength of Printex fabrics over the three washing cycles			Control
		First cycle	Second cycle	Third cycle
Plain	Warp	627.2	624.6	608.9	634.2
Plain	Weft	590.4	582.2	563.4	598.9
Plisse	Warp	418.3	418.9	393.9	428.5
Plisse	Weft	315.0	315.0	309.8	326.7
Embossed	Warp	703.2	699.9	697.2	729.9
Embossed	Weft	657.2	637.9	629.4	658.2

Source: Laboratory Results