Textile formulation and product with odor control
A textile formulation adapted to impart an odor-controlling property to a textile material. The textile formulation is an odor capturing formulation comprising a carrier and an odor capturing agent. The odor capturing agent is a liquid dispersible boehmite. An odor absorbing article and a method of treating the odor absorbing article is also provided.
1. An odor treatment method, the method comprising:
directly applying an odor capturing formulation to a textile material, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible, non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker,
drying the textile material having the odor capturing formulation directly applied thereon at a temperature at or above 120° C., and
aggregating the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker together within pores of the textile material, while drying the textile material, thereby forming a textile material having odor reduction properties,
wherein the textile material is electrostatically neutral.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises a component selected from the group consisting of surfactant, dispersant, pH adjusting agent, antimicrobial, and a combination thereof.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid is water.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker in the odor capturing formulation for a pad bath is calculated according to:
C
=
A
W
×
B
wherein
C is a concentration percentage,
A is a targeted add on level of non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker,
W is wet pick up, and
B is non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker concentration in the formulation.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an add on level of non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker in the textile material is in a range of 0.05% to 20% based on the weight of dry textile material.
6. A method of capturing odors in a textile material, the method comprising: applying a liquid formulation comprising non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker to a textile material comprising polyester to capture an odor, and curing the textile material having the odor capturing formulation applied thereon at a temperature at or above 120° C., wherein the textile material is electrostatically neutral.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein an add on level of non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker in the textile material is in a range of 0.05% to 20% based on the weight of dry textile material.
8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker is applied without 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) or without GPTMS finishing.
9. An odor treatment method, the method comprising:
directly applying an odor capturing formulation to a textile material, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible synthetic, non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker,
drying the textile material having the odor capturing formulation directly applied thereon at a temperature at or above 120° C., and
aggregating the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker together within pores of the textile material, while drying the textile material, thereby forming a textile material having odor reduction properties,
wherein the textile material is electrostatically neutral and wherein the synthetic non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has a crystalline structure.
10. The odor treatment method of claim 1 , wherein the textile material having the odor capturing formulation applied thereon is dried at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 150° C.
11. The odor treatment of claim 10 , wherein the odor reduction in the textile material having odor reduction properties is isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated textile material.
12. The odor treatment of claim 11 , wherein the textile material having odor reduction properties exhibits four-fold higher isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated textile material.
13. The odor treatment of claim 12 , wherein the predetermined number of launderings is twenty-five launderings.
14. The odor treatment method of claim 9 , wherein the textile material having the odor capturing formulation applied thereon is cured at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 150° C.
15. The odor treatment of claim 14 , wherein the odor reduction in the textile material having odor reduction properties is isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated textile material.
16. The odor treatment of claim 15 , wherein the textile material having odor reduction properties exhibits four-fold higher isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated textile material.
17. The odor treatment of claim 16 , wherein the predetermined number of launderings is twenty-five launderings.
18. The odor treatment method of claim 1 , wherein the textile material having the odor capturing formulation applied thereon is dried at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 130° C.
19. The odor treatment method of claim 16 , wherein the textile material having the odor capturing formulation applied thereon is dried at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 130° C.
20. An odor treatment method, the method consisting of:
directly applying an odor capturing formulation to a textile material, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible and non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker,
drying the textile material having the odor capturing formulation directly applied thereon at a temperature at or above 120° C., and
aggregating the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker together within pores of the textile material, while drying the textile material, thereby forming a textile material having odor reduction properties,
wherein the textile material is electrostatically neutral.
21. An odor treatment method, the method consisting of:
directly applying an odor capturing formulation to a textile material, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible synthetic, non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker,
drying the textile material having the odor capturing formulation directly applied thereon at a temperature at or above 120° C., and
aggregating the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker together within pores of the textile material, while drying the textile material, thereby forming a textile material having odor reduction properties,
wherein the textile material is electrostatically neutral and wherein the synthetic non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has a crystalline structure.