“…Wool fibre may become dye-resist by doing different types of chemical treatments, such as sulphonation (Maclaren and Kilpatrick, 1970), acetylation, glyoxilation (Elliot and Speakman, 1943; Ekeley and Fulmer, 1930), deposition of polymers (Howard and Sarsfield, 1974), treatment with resin and formaldehyde (Samuel and Chunghi, 1970), tannic acids (Simpson, 1975a, 1975b), as well as application of synthetic tanning agents (syntans) (Burkinshaw and Nikolaides, 1991a, 1991b). Normally in the textile industries, syntans are mainly used at the time of dyeing as a dye-fixing agent to improve the wet fastness properties of acid dyes on nylon and silk fibres (Burkinshaw and Paraskevas, 2011; Burkinshaw et al , 2001; Burkinshaw and Maseka, 1996; Burkinshaw and Son, 2006; Feiz et al , 2007). It is also used at the time of dyeing wool and nylon blends as a dye-resist agent over reactive dyes.…”