Development, Application and Benchmarking of Eco-friendly Moth Repellent and Moth Proofing finish for Woolen textiles.

Objectives of the Proposal

• To develop ecofriendly moth proofing finish for woolens, the exercise is for replacing the toxic insecticides to provide a safer moth proofing agent to the wool processors.
• TTo give treatment of developed moth proofing finish on woolens. The evaluation would involve the testing for moth resistance against the potential moth species to determine the minimum effective concentration.
• TStudies on the fastness properties, wet fastness and fastness to dry cleaning would be carried out to determine the permanency of the treatment.
• T To do benchmarking of developed Product

Objectives of the Proposal :

• To develop ecofriendly moth proofing finish for woolens, the exercise is for replacing the toxic insecticides to provide a safer moth proofing agent to the wool processors.
• To give treatment of developed moth proofing finish on woolens. The evaluation would involve the testing for moth resistance against the potential moth species to determine the minimum effective concentration.
• Studies on the fastness properties, wet fastness and fastness to dry cleaning would be carried out to determine the permanency of the treatment.
• iv.To do benchmarking of developed product

Progress of work :

• Literature Survey is in the Final stage
• Raw material and Chemical Purchases are on-going.
• Capex Purchase Done.
• Provisional Patent and paper writing in progress.
• Development herbal based moth proofing agents (Neem Aza.,Tobacco Extract, Camphor, Nano silver neem extract)
• Application of Eco-friendly Herbal and Chemical based moth proofing agents on wool is done and evaluation for performance is done
• Testing of the Applied moth proofing agents on wool fabric by Bioassay Method (TM-20)