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Nylon 6,6 knitted fabric was dyed using a total of eight, commercial, 1:2 p
re-metallised acid dyes and the dyed samples were aftertreated using three
different commercial systems, namely a syntan, a syntan/cation process and
a newly developed full backtan. When all dyeings were subjected to five con
secutive ISO C061C2 wash tests, it was found that while all three aftertrea
tments imparted improved wash fastness, the newly developed backtanning sys
tem bestowed greatest wash fastness improvement towards repeated wash testi
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