JP2009091709A - Finishing composition for clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a finishing agent composition for clothes which develops higher discoloration prevention effect on clothes. <P>SOLUTION: The finishing agent composition for clothes includes a prescribed amount of (a) a neutralized amine compound having one 7-25C hydrocarbon group in a molecule, a predetermined amount of (b) a silicone compound, and water, wherein the mass ratio of (a)/(b) is within a predetermined range and pH (at 30&deg;C) is within predetermined range. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a finishing composition for clothing.

  The clothing may lose its color pattern by repeated washing after wearing. Causes of fading can include the effects of fluorescent agents contained in detergents and the effects of ultraviolet rays when sun-dried. Especially, the effect of active chlorine contained in tap water is large, and only for washing. It has been shown that fading also occurs during rinsing. In addition, the standing of clothes caused by rubbing clothes during washing is also a factor that affects the deterioration of the color pattern of clothes. For this reason, it is thought that it is effective for the fading prevention of clothing to employ | adopt the means which can reduce the influence of chlorine, and the means which can provide a flexible effect to clothing.

  Patent Documents 1 to 3 can be referred to as a technique for preventing the fading of clothing during rinsing. That is, Patent Document 1 describes a liquid softener composition containing a tertiary amine or a neutralized product thereof or a quaternized product thereof and a primary or secondary amine. Patent Document 2 discloses a fabric softening composition containing a cationic quaternary ammonium compound and a chlorine scavenger such as an amine, an ammonium salt, or an amino acid. Patent Document 3 discloses a liquid softener composition containing a mixture of a predetermined quaternary ammonium salt and a predetermined short chain tertiary amine.

Moreover, patent documents 4-7 can be referred for the softening agent composition etc. which utilized the silicone compound. That is, Patent Documents 4 and 5 disclose liquid softener compositions containing a silicone compound, a water-soluble polymer compound having a cationic property, an acid dye and / or a direct dye, and an antioxidant. Patent Document 6 discloses a transparent liquid softener composition containing a specific proportion of a silicone compound selected from a specific polydimethylsilicone, a specific amino-modified silicone, and a specific polyether-modified silicone. Patent Document 7 discloses a liquid softener composition containing silicone having a specific gravity and viscosity at a specific ratio.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-1869 Japanese National Patent Publication No. 10-506966 JP 2007-107177 A JP 2004-131895 A JP 2004-131896 A JP 2004-263347 A International Publication No. 2004/061197 Pamphlet

  An object of this invention is to provide the finishing composition for clothing which expresses the higher fading prevention effect with respect to clothing.

  In order to more effectively suppress fading at the time of washing, the present inventors suppress the action of active chlorine in tap water, and treat friction between clothes by treating a highly lubricious substance on the clothes. From the viewpoint that it is preferable to reduce, it has been found that a neutralized product of a predetermined amine compound and a silicone compound are used in combination at a predetermined ratio as means for achieving the above object.

  That is, the present invention provides a neutralized product of an amine compound having one hydrocarbon group having 7 to 25 carbon atoms in the molecule (a) [hereinafter referred to as component (a)] 0.1 to 10% by mass, silicone Compound (b) [hereinafter referred to as component (b)] and water, and the mass ratio of (a) and (b) ((a) is converted to unneutralized amine) is (a) / (b ) = 0.05 to 20 and relates to a finishing composition for clothing having a pH at 30 ° C. of 1.5 to 5.

  Moreover, this invention contains the finishing composition for garments of the said invention, and water, (a) The density | concentration of a component is 0.1-500 mg / water 1kg of clothing which immerses clothing. It relates to the processing method.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the finishing composition for garments which expresses a higher fading prevention effect is obtained. In the finishing composition for clothing of the present invention, the amine compound can effectively remove residual chlorine in tap water at the washing rinsing stage, and further imparts high lubricity to the fiber surface with silicone, so Deterioration of fibers due to rubbing can be suppressed. Therefore, it is presumed that discoloration of clothing can be effectively suppressed by combining these effects.

<(A) component>
The component (a) is a neutralized product of an amine compound having a hydrocarbon group having 7 to 25 carbon atoms in the molecule, preferably one alkyl group or alkenyl group, and is a compound represented by the following general formula (1) The acid salt of is preferred.

[Wherein, R ^1a is an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 7 to 25 carbon atoms, and R ^1b and R ^1c are each independently an alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. R ^1d is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. A is a group selected from —COO—, —OCO—, —CONH— and —NHCO—, and n is a number of 0 or 1. ]

In the compound of the general formula (1), R ^1a is preferably an alkyl group or an alkenyl group having 11 to 23 carbon atoms. R ^1b and R ^1c are each independently preferably a methyl group or a hydroxyethyl group. R ^1d is preferably an ethylene group or a propylene group. A is preferably —COO— or —CONH—. N is preferably 1.

  The acid salt of the compound of the general formula (1) can be obtained by neutralization with an inorganic acid or an organic acid. Examples of the acid include inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid, and organic acids such as benzoic acid, citric acid, malic acid, and succinic acid.

<(B) component>
Examples of the component (b) include dimethylpolysiloxane, silicone compounds having a modifying group selected from an amino group, an amide group, a polyether group, a cationic group, an amide polyether group, and a carbinol modifying group. A dimethylpolysiloxane compound is most preferred from the viewpoint of the lubricity and flexibility of the fiber.

(B) component is preferably 1,000~10,000,000mm ² / s viscosity at 25 ° C., more preferably 5,000~10,000,000mm ² / s, further 10,000～1,000 It is preferable that it is 1,000 mm ² / s.

The component (b) can be used as an emulsion. As an emulsion, a silicone compound, preferably a silicone compound having a viscosity of 5,000 to 10,000,000 mm ² / s at 25 ° C., 5 to 70% by mass, a surfactant, preferably a nonionic surfactant is 0%. 0.5-30 mass%, and the thing containing water are mentioned.

<Clothing finish composition>
The finishing composition for clothing of the present invention contains component (a) in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by mass, preferably 0.5 to 10% by mass, more preferably 1 to 7% by mass.

  Moreover, in the finishing composition for clothing of the present invention, from the viewpoint of fading prevention effect, the mass ratio of the component (a) to the component (b) (the component (a) is converted to an unneutralized amine) is (a) / (B) = 0.05-20, preferably (a) / (b) = 0.1-15, more preferably 0.5-10. After satisfying this mass ratio, the garment finish composition of the present invention preferably comprises 0.5 to 5% by mass, more preferably 0.5 to 4% by mass, and more preferably 0 to component (b). 0.5 to 3% by mass.

  As an example, when the finishing composition for clothing of the present invention contains 1 to 7% by mass of the component (a), (a) / (b) is preferably 1 or more, specifically 1 to 10 is preferable.

  The finishing composition for clothing of the present invention can contain a nonionic surfactant as the component (c). (C) As a component, the compound of the following general formula (c1) is suitable. The content of the component (c) is preferably 0.5 to 15% by mass, and more preferably 1 to 10% by mass in the composition.

^{R 2a -E - [(R 2b} O) e -R 2c] g (c1)
[Wherein, R ^2a is an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably 10 to 16 carbon atoms, and R ^2b is an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, preferably an ethylene group. R ^2c is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom. e represents a number of 2 to 100, preferably 5 to 80, more preferably 10 to 70. E is —O—, —COO—, —CON— or —N—, and when E is —O— or —COO—, g is 1, and when E is —CON— or —N—. g is 1 or 2. ]

Specific examples of the compound of the general formula (c1) include the following compounds.
^{_{R 2a -O- (C 2 H 4}} O) h -H
[Wherein R ^2a has the above-mentioned meaning. h is a number of 8 to 100, preferably 10 to 70. ]
_{^{R 2a -O - [(C 2}} H 4 O) i / (C 3 H 6 O) j] -H
[Wherein R ^2a has the above-mentioned meaning. i and j are each independently a number of 2 to 40, preferably 5 to 40, and (C ₂ H ₄ O) and (C ₃ H ₆ O) may be random or block adducts. ]

  In addition, the finishing composition for clothing of the present invention can appropriately contain a fragrance, a dye, an antioxidant, a viscosity modifier, a gelation inhibitor, a hydrotrope agent, a sequestering agent, and the like.

  The finishing composition for clothing of the present invention has a pH at 30 ° C. of 1.5 to 5, and preferably 2 to 4. Examples of pH adjusters include acid agents such as citric acid, acetic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, and inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and the like. Alkaline agents such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, alkanolamine can be used.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the finishing composition for clothing of the present invention has a viscosity at 30 ° C. of 5 to 300 mPa · s, and more preferably 15 to 200 mPa · s.

<Clothing processing method>
It is preferable that the said finishing composition for clothing of the said invention is used for the method of processing clothing with the processing bath containing the said composition and water. Preferably, the garment is immersed in a treatment bath containing the garment finish composition of the present invention so that the concentration of the component (a) is 0.1 to 500 mg / kg of water. This method can be incorporated into the washing step, and specifically, can be carried out by adding the composition of the present invention to the rinsing water in the rinsing step of the washing step.

Examples 1-8 and Comparative Examples 1-7
Using the following ingredients, a finishing composition for clothing having the composition shown in Table 1 was prepared according to the following preparation method. The anti-fading effect of the obtained garment finishing composition was evaluated by the following method. The results are shown in Table 1.

<(A) component>
As the component (a), (a-1) to (a-3) represented by the following formulas were used. (A-1) to (a-3) were produced by a known method.

<(A ') component (comparative product)>
As the component (a), (a′-1) to (a′-3) represented by the following formulas were used. (A′-1) to (a′-3) were produced by a known method.

<(B) component>
(B-1): 60% by mass of a silicone oil having a kinematic viscosity of 500,000 mm ² / s at 25 ° C., 2% by mass of polyoxyethylene lauryl ether of 5 mol of ethylene oxide average addition mole number (hereinafter referred to as EOp) A silicone emulsion containing 5% by mass of polyoxyethylene lauryl ether of 23 mol of EOp, 0.1% by mass of sodium lauryl sulfate, the balance being water, and the average particle size of dispersed particles being 500 nm.
(B-2): 60% by mass of silicone oil having a kinematic viscosity at 25 ° C. of 20,000 mm ² / s, 1.5% by mass of polyoxyethylene lauryl ether having 5 mol of EOp, and 4.5% of polyoxyethylene lauryl ether having 23 mol of EOp Silicone emulsion (b-3) containing 10% by mass, 0.1% by mass of sodium lauryl sulfate, the balance being water, and the average particle size of the dispersed particles being 500 nm: kinematic viscosity at 25 ° C. of 1,000 mm ² / s silicone oil 60% by mass, EOp 5 mol polyoxyethylene lauryl ether 1.5% by mass, EOp 23 mol polyoxyethylene lauryl ether 5.5% by mass, sodium lauryl sulfate 0.1% by mass, the balance Silicone emulsion which is water and whose dispersed particles have an average particle diameter of 500 nm

<(C) component>
(C-1): An average of 20 moles of ethylene oxide added to lauryl alcohol

<Method for Preparing Finishing Composition for Clothing>
A 300 mL beaker was charged with 95% equivalent amount of ion-exchanged water and the component (c) necessary for the finished mass of the garment finishing composition to be 200 g, and the temperature was raised to 70 ° C. in a water bath. While stirring with a turbine type stirring blade having three stirring blades each having a length of 2 cm (300 r / min), a required amount of component (a) was dissolved. After stirring for 5 minutes as it was, the pH was adjusted to the target pH using hydrochloric acid and 48% aqueous sodium hydroxide as a pH adjuster, and 70 ° C. ion-exchange water in an amount necessary to make the final mass was added. Thereafter, the component (b) was added to the mixture. Thereafter, the mixture was stirred for 10 minutes, the beaker was transferred to a water bath containing 5 ° C. water, and the mixture was cooled to 30 ° C. while stirring to obtain a finishing composition for clothing. The pH was adjusted with a 0.1N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution or a 0.1N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution. In the finishing composition for clothing shown in Table 1, the (a-1) to (a-3) components and the (a′-1) to (a′-3) components are almost all in the acid salt state. Present in the agent composition.

<Evaluation method of anti-fading effect>
A purple T-shirt made in Japan (Le Winner) cut into a 10cm x 10cm square is used as a test cloth, and put into a fully automatic washing machine (National NA-F70E) with 2kg of cotton underwear on the market and 0.7kg of blended Y-shirt. After washing with a commercially available weak alkaline detergent (a Kao commercial weak alkaline detergent (Kao Co., Ltd. Attack)), a total of 10 treatments were performed using each of the garment finish compositions during the second rinse (standard course, Detergent concentration 0.0667% by mass, clothing finish composition amount 10ml, tap water 40L used, water temperature 20 ° C.) Then, the test cloth was naturally dried under conditions of 25 ° C. and 40% RH, and then untreated cloth by a panel In other words, 10 panelists (10 men) were compared with untreated cloths and judged according to the following criteria to obtain an average score.
Not faded at all ... 4
Not faded ... 3
Slightly faded ... 2
Fading ... 1
In the color fade evaluation, if the evaluation after 10 times of cumulative washing is 3.0 points or more, the effect of suppressing the color fade due to washing is very good.

* (A) / (b) Mass ratio: Ratio to component (a) or component (a ′). That is, in the table, in the comparative example, (a) / (b) mass ratio was shown with (a′-1) to (a′-3) as the component (a). Moreover, the mass of (b) component was computed by the mass of the silicone oil in (b-1), (b-2), (b-3).

Claims (4)

  A neutralized product of an amine compound having one hydrocarbon group having 7 to 25 carbon atoms in the molecule (a) 0.1 to 10% by mass, a silicone compound (b) and water, (a) The mass ratio of (b) [(a) is in terms of unneutralized amine] is (a) / (b) = 0.05-20, and the finish at 30 ° C. is 1.5-5. Agent composition. The finishing composition for clothing according to claim 1, wherein (a) is an acid salt of a compound represented by the following general formula (1).

[Wherein, R ^1a is an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 7 to 25 carbon atoms, and R ^1b and R ^1c are each independently an alkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. R ^1d is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. A is a group selected from —COO—, —OCO—, —CONH— and —NHCO—, and n is a number of 0 or 1. ] The finishing composition for clothing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein (b) is a silicone compound having a viscosity at 25 ° C of 1,000 to 10,000,000 mm ² / s.   The clothing which contains the finishing composition for clothing of any one of Claims 1-3, and water, and immerses clothing in the processing bath whose density | concentration of (a) is 0.1-500 mg / kg of water. Processing method.