International Science Community Association Research Journal of Engineering Sciences 2278 - 9472 2 6 2013 June 26 Functional Properties Improvement and Value Addition to Apparel by Soil Release Finishes - A General Overview 35 39 EN Prajapati Krishnapal 1 Jabalpur Engineering College Jabalpur INDIA Yadav R.K. 2 Civil Engineering Department J.E.C Jabalpur INDIA Rajeev Chandak 3 Sethi A.K. 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bhagwant University, Rajasthan, INDIA Dwivedi V.K. 2 Deparment of Mechanical Engineering, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, UP, INDIA Srinivas J. 1 Department of Civil Engineering, JNTU Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA Purushotham A.V. 2 MSN Degree College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA Fadnavis Shubham 1 Department of Electronics and Communication, Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research, Indore, INDIA Latha D.V.Pushpa 1 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, AP, INDIA K.R. Sudha 2 Department of electrical engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP, INDIA Devabhaktuni Swati 3 MazedulIslam Md. 1 Lecturer, Department of Textile Engineering, Daffodil International University, BANGLADESH Khan AdnanMaroof 2 > Review Paper 2013 3 16 2013 June 26 Apparel with desired functional and aesthetic properties has an evergreen demand among the consumers globally. Unless any product is characterized by value addition, it is now impossible to survive in this highly competitive world market. Only innovative products will be sustainable to open up new markets and new horizons for textile industry.Manufacturers should now produce products to satisfy customers that are best in terms of quality and price. Customers today have a wide range of choices and the one who produces the best quality at a better competitive price will survive and prosper. Processing is important to make a usable but finishing gives better characteristics and value addition to it. It makes garments attractive, comfortable and finishing can incorporate desirable properties. Soil release finish is one of the important finishing processes applied to apparel and fabric. To make the apparel products more fashionable, sustainable, and customer focused soil release finishing processes have become a popular value addition process which improves the different functional properties of apparel. This paper represents a general overview of soil release finish on apparel. Copyright@ International Science Community Association