Americos Nanosoft 1140
Americos Nanosoft 1140 is a highly concentrated silicone softener in gel form. It is made from premium quality of silicone which gives excellent softness and surface smoothness to garments and fabrics. It is highly exhaustible.

Advantages :

• Imparts durable soft handle
• Imparts superior smooth feel
• Increases crease recovery
• Increases shade depth and brilliancy when used on dyed fabric/garments

Properties :

Appearance	Transparent liquid
Composition	Blend of amino silicones and urethane
Ionicity	Non-ionic
pH (1% solution)	7.0 ± 1.0
Solubility	Soluble in water
Application pH range	4.5-5.5
Solid Content	42%

Application Methods:
Americos Nanosoft 1140 can be applied by exhaust as well as by padding method.

a) Exhaust method :
(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Nanosoft 1140	1-4 % (owg)
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	5 - 5.5
Time	20 - 30 min

b) Padding method :

Americos Nanosoft 1140	10-40 g/l
pH	5 - 5.5

Impregnate the fabric for 70-80% pick-up and dry it at 120°-140^°C for 2-3 min.

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place and avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Nanosoft 1140 is two years under recommended storage
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Americos Nanosoft 1160

Americos Nanosoft 1160 is a silicone softener in transparent gel form. It is made from premium quality of silicone which gives excellent surface softness and bulk to garments and fabrics with durable softness. It is highly exhaustible.

Advantages

• Imparts a bulky touch
• Imparts smooth feel
• Imparts crease recovery
• Increases shade depth and brilliancy when used on dyed fabrics/garments

Properties:

Application :
Americos Nanosoft 1160 can be applied by exhaust as well as by padding method.

a) Exhaust method :
(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Nanosoft 1160	1 - 4 % (owg)
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	5 - 5.5
Time	20 - 30 min

Padding method :

Americos Nanosoft 1160	10-40 g/l
pH	5 - 5.5

Impregnate the fabric for 70-80% pick-up and dry it at 120° - 140°C for 2-3 min.
Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place, avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Nanosoft 1160 is two years if stored properly
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
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Americos Nanosoft 2000
Americos Nanosoft 2000 is an economical silicone softener in paste form. It gives excellent limp and surface smoothness to garments and fabrics.

Advantages:

• Imparts a soft touch
• Imparts smooth feel
• Imparts crease recovery

Properties:

Application Methods:
It should be pre-diluted with water to 1:3 ratio. The diluted Americos Nanosoft 2000 can be applied by exhaust as well as by padding method.

a) Exhaust method:
(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Nanosoft 2000	3 - 4 % (owg)
M:L ratio	1:1
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	5 - 55.5
Time	20-30 min

b) Padding method:

Americos Nanosoft 2000	20 - 40 g/l
M:L ratio	1:1
pH	5 - 5.5

Impregnate the fabric for 70-80% pick-up and dry it at 120° - 140°C for 2 - 3 min.

Storage & Handling Precautions:

• Store in cool place and avoid storing in direct sunlight.
• The shelf life of Americos Nanosoft 2000 is one year if stored properly.
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed.

Technical Service:
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.

Americos Nanosoft 950 I
Americos Nanosoft 950 I is a silicone softener in transparent liquid form. It is made from superior quality silicone polymers, which gives excellent inner softness and lumpy surface smoothness to garments and fabrics. It is highly exhaustible.

Advantages :

• Imparts smooth feel to fabric
• Imparts crease recovery property
• Increases shade depth and brilliancy when used on dyed fabric/garments

Properties :

Application Methods :
Americos Nanosoft 950 I can be applied by exhaust as well as by padding method:

a) Exhaust application:
(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Nanosoft 950 I	0.5 - 2 % (owg)
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	5 - 5.5
Time	20 - 30 min

Padding application :

Americos Nanosoft 950 I	5 - 20 g/l
pH	5 - 5.5

Impregnate the fabric for 70 - 80% pick-up and dry it at 120 - 140°C for 2 - 3 min.
Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place and avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Nanosoft 950 I is two years if stored properly
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
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Americos Nanosoft ASAM
Americos Nanosoft ASAM is a special silicone softener in liquid form. It is made from premium quality silicone and hence, it gives excellent softness, surface smoothness and bulky and bouncy finish to the garments and fabrics. It can be applied by both exhaust and padding method.

Advantages:

• Imparts excellent softness to fabric and bulky & bouncy finish to the garments and fabrics
• Imparts smooth feel to fabric
• Enhances crease recovery angle significantly
• Increases shade depth and brightness when used on dyed fabric/garments
• It provide excellent result to the white fabric
• It helps to retain back staining when applied on denim

Properties :

Application Methods:
Americos Nanosoft ASAM can be applied by exhaust method as well as by padding method.

a) Exhaust application:
(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Nanosoft ASAM	1-4% (owg)
Temperature	45°-50°C
pH	5-5.5
Time	20-30 min

Padding application :

Americos Nanosoft 950 I	10-40 g/l
pH	5-5.5

Impregnate the fabric at 70 to 80% pick-up, dry at 120° to 140°C for 2 to 3 min.
Storage & Handling Precautions:

• Store in cool place and avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Nanosoft ASAM is two years.
• The usual precaution in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed.

Technical Service :
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Americos Neutrasoft NMC (Water Soluble Poly Urethane Resin for Textile Finishing)
Americos Neutrasoft NMC is a non-ionic softener which is not diluted from the flakes or cake but formulated to achieve bulky, bouncy and elastomeric finish. It can be used for cotton, polyester/cotton fabrics. It has a very good hand feeling and anti-static properties. Because of its low-yellowing specific character, it is very suitable for garment processing of blue and white jeans

Advantages

• Can be applied in both exhaust and padding processes
• It is compatible with silicone and cationic products used in finish formulation
• It has no influence on dyeing fastness
• Does not yellow when treated fibers are heated
• Does not irritate human skin.
• Imparts very good handle and soft feeling
• Provides bulky and heavy feel
• Does not cause fabric yellowing
• Can be applied Neutral pH

Appearance	White paste
Composition	Ethylene oxide condense product
Ionicity	Non-ionic
pH (1% solution)	7 ± 1
Solubility	Soluble under stirring
pH	7

Compatibility with:

Non-ionic surfactant	Good
Anionic surfactant	Good
Silicone softener	Good

Application Methods:
Americos Neutrasoft NMC can be applied by exhaust as well as padding method:3

(1) Exhaust application (Package m/c, Soft-flow m/c,

Americos Neutrasoft NMC	0.5-2% (owy)
M:L ratio	1:10
Temperature	45°-50°C
pH	7
Time	20--30 min

Application on knitted :

Americos Neutrasoft NMC	1-2% (owf)
M:L ratio	1:10
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	7
Time	20-30 min.

(3) Softening of garment (Wash-wheel):

Americos Neutrasoft NMC	1-2% (owf)
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	7
Time	20-30 min.

(4)Padding application :

Americos Neutrasoft NMC	20-30 g/l
Americos Silsoft 1140	10-20 g/l
pH	6-8

Impregnate fabric to 70-80% pick-up, dry at 120°- 140°C for 2-3 min.

Storage & handling precautions:

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight.
• It should be stored at ambient temperature.
• The shelf life of Americos Neutrasoft NMC is one year if stored under recommended conditions.
• The usual precaution in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed.

Technical Service:
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Silky Top

Americos Silky Top is a blend of cationic and silicone softener. It can be used for cotton, polyester and their blends. It imparts cotton garment excellent limpy, softening and brilliant look. It does not affect dye fastness. It increases depth of dyeing.

Advantages :

• It is pumpable, pourable, low viscosity softener in emulsion form
• Can be applied in both exhaust and padding processes
• It is compatible with silicone and non-ionic products used in finishing formulation
• Imparts cotton garment excellent limpy, soft and brilliant look
• It has no influence on dyeing fastness.
• It poses no yellowing problem to white goods

Properties :

Application Methods :
Americos Silky Top can be applied by exhaust as well as padding method:

1) Exhaust application :
(Package m/c, Soft-flow m/c, Winch, wash wheel):

Americos Silky Top	0.5 - 2% (owg)
Temperature	45°-50oC
pH	4 - 5
Time	20 - 30 min

b) Padding application :

Americos Silky Top	20 - 30 g/l
pH	4 - 5

Impregnate the fabric for 70 - 80% pick-up and dry it at 120 - 140°C for 2 - 3 min.

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight.
• Americos Silky Top should be stored at ambient temperatures.
• The shelf life of Americos Silky Top is one year. Ø The usual precaution in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed.

Technical Service :
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Americos FX 30(Permanent Elastic Finishing Agent with super soft handle)
Americos FX 30 is a newly developed finishing agent, which is composed of multi-functional Urethane Silicone copolymer

It can be applied to super soft Elastic finish, permanent press finish, Anti-bacterial & Deodar Finish Lusting Soft finish, Wrinkle free Finish, wool Shrink- resistant finish for various kind of textiles such as Cotton Woven & Knit, Wool, Silk, Polyester & Nylon Spandex etc and their blends. It endows specific lubricating & softness of silicone, and elasticity of urethane to the textiles as well as excellent luster and drape property

Properties:

Appearance	Milky White Liquid
pH (10% solution)	4.5
Ionicity	Nonionic
Solubility	Easily soluble in cold water

Characteristics:

• Americos FX 30 is excellent, non-yellowing and effective on white fabric/garment.
• Americos FX 30 used on cotton, polyester, nylon spandex and its blends.
• Americos FX 30 endows excellent soft touch and elasticity to various kinds of textile and their blend.
• Americos FX 30 is formed on the surface of textiles by shelf-cross linking of multifunctional group after pre-dry or curing on high temperature; it is excellent to washing fastness and solvent fastness.
• Americos FX 30 can be used to white dyeing because it does not make yellowing by heating or time goes by.
• In case of cotton knit, it gives excellent luster and drape property as well as good stretching property.
• Americos FX 30 has excellent elasticity, it prevents crease and filling, also improves sew ability
• In case of durable press finishing of cotton knit or woven, it improves tearing strength and endows soft elasticity.

Test Result :

Washing times	No.	Wrinkle Recovery Angle (degree)			Tearing Strength (g)
		Warp	Weft	Total	Warp	Weft	Total
	1	86	88	174	1060	770	1830
HL/0	2	80	83	163	1000	750	1750
	3	88	90	178	760	590	1350
	4	81	86	167	730	550	1280
	Blank	54	56	110	630	430	1060
HL-3	1	69	72	141	1200	790	1990
	2	65	71	136	1100	760	1800
	3	77	83	160	800	580	1380
	4	73	75	148	740	550	1290
	Blank	52	53	105	710	490	1200

• HL Home Laundry
• Test Method
  1. Wrinkle Recovery: Testing Method for Crease Resistance of Cloth Angle of Recovery Method (KS K 0550)
  2. Tearing Strength: Elmendorf Tearing Tester (KS K 0535)
  3. Washing Method

+ Detergent: 2 g/l
+ Liquor Ratio: 1:30
+ Temperature X Time: 40°C X 5min (HL-1)
+ Washing Machine: home electric washing machine
+ Dehydration dry

Recipe For Garment Wrinkle Free Finishing :

	1	2	3	4	Blank
Americos Wrinkle Free AXN	35	45
Americos Catalyst	15	20
Americos UNI 230	20	30
Americos FX 30	20	30
Glyoxal Resin			70	90
Glyoxal Resin Catalyst			15	20
Other Urethane Resin			20	30
Other softener			20	30
Other Tearing strength improver				10

Test Result :

		1	2	3	4	Blank
Wrinkle Recovery Angle	Dry	245	270	230	242	167
	Wet	263	275	244	252	166
Shrinking Ratio (%)		1.5	1	2.2	1.8	5.2
Tensile Strength (kg)		36.5	34.5	35	32	40.8
Tearing Strength (g)		735	750	730	745	624
Wrinkle Recovery Grade after Tumble drying		4	5	3	4	1

Treatment Condition :
Bath Treatment (For 10-15 minutes after adding Agents)


Dehydration (About 80%)

Drying (Tumble Dry; 120°C X 30-40 minutes)

Ironing (Iron 160°C Steaming)

Steaming Box (150°C X 30 minutes)

Caution:
Before using with other finishing agents jointly in finishing process, Americos FX 30 is required to pretest compatibility with them sufficiently. Temperature of padding bath must be maintained below 30°C It is proper that pH of Treatment Bath is 5 - 6

Technical Service :
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Americos Elastomer 501

Americos Elastomer 501 is a special softening agent which imparts leather like softness. It also imparts good bulk along with soft hand. Since Americos Elastomer 501 is a nonionic based product, it has a very good compatibility with other textile auxiliaries, and hence, it does not cause any process troubles. Americos Elastomer 501 enhances crease recovery property and also the tear strength markedly.

Advantages :

• It imparts leather like bulky and soft hand
• It is compatible with silicone and cationic products used in finish formulation
• It does not influence dye fastness, rather it improves the color depth
• It does not modify typical fabric properties
• Increases the tear strength of the fabric substantially
• t can be effectively used on dyed garments
• Provides excellent surface smoothness

Properties :

Application :
The dosage requirement of Americos Elastomer 501 varies with the type of material and the structural construction, but the recommended concentration is 1-2 %.

a) Exhaust application :
(a) Post conditioning of acrylic yarn especially in the final rinse of yarn dyeing m/c

Note :
In order to achieve the best results, please make sure that the fabric is free from chemicals like alkalis and the fabric is neutralized properly.

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight
• It Shoud be Stored at ambient temprature
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service :
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Americos Elastomer 1140 (For Elastic & Wrinkle Free Finishing)
Americos Elastomer 1140 is an innovative finishing agent, which is composed of multifunctional polyurethane. It is also used to achieve wrinkle free finish for polyester/ cotton, polyester, viscose, spandex, etc and their blends. It enhances elasticity and prevents wrinkle formation in fabric.

Advantages :

• It enhances wrinkle recovery.
• It restrain wrinkle of fabric.
• It gives excellent elasticity to various kinds of textile and their blend.
• It can be used on white fabric because it dose not make yellowing by heating or as time goes by.

Properties :

Appearance	Clear Viscous Liquid
pH	6.5±0.5
Iconicity	Nonionic
Solubility	Easily soluble in cold water

Application:
Exhaust Method:
Use: 1 - 4 % weight of fabric

Padding Method:
Use: 10 - 40 g/l

Treated Condition:
Padding 20 - 50 g/l

Pick - up 70 - 80 %

Curing 150°C - 180°C (Time 30 - 60 sec.)

Precaution:
Before using with other finishing agents jointly in finishing process, Americos Elastomer 1140 is required to pretest compatibility with them sufficiently. It is proper that pH of temperature bath is 5 - 6.

Storage & Handling Precautions

• Store in a cool/dry place
• Avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Elastomer 1140 is one year, if stored below 30°C
• The usual storage, handling and safety precautions should be observed

Technical Service :
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Americos Elasto 2000 (Elastomer Finish)

Americos Elasto 2000 is a highly concentrated silicone softener in gel form. It is made from premium quality of silicone polymers, which gives excellent softness and surface smoothness to garments and fabrics. It is highly exhaustible.

Advantages :

• Imparts durable soft handle
• Imparts superior smooth feel
• Increases crease recovery
• Increases shade depth and brilliancy when used on dyed fabric/garments

Properties :

Appearance	Transparent gel
Composition	Blend of amino silicones and urethane
Ionicity	Non-ionic
pH (1% solution)	7.0 ± 1.0
Solubility	Soluble in water
Application pH range	4.5 - 5.5

Application Methods :
Americos Elasto 2000 can be applied by exhaust as well as by padding method.

Exhaust Method :

(Package m/c, Wash wheel, Soft-flow m/c, Winch)

Americos Elasto 2000	1 - 4 % (owg)
Temperature	45° - 50°C
pH	5 - 5.5
Time	20 - 30 min

b) Padding method :

Americos Elasto 2000	10 - 40 g/l
pH	5 - 5.5

Impregnate the fabric for 70-80% pick-up and dry it at 120°-140°C for 2-3 min.

Storage & Handling Precautions :

• Store in cool place and avoid storing in direct sunlight
• The shelf life of Americos Elasto 2000 is two years under recommended storage
• The usual precautions in keeping chemicals away from eyes and skin should be observed

Technical Service
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.