Denim Finishing

Garment Wash Liquor Ratio & Enzyme Dosing Calculator

Carrying grams per litre straight from the lab to a short-liquor washer quietly halves the enzyme each garment sees. Scale on weight of goods, not on bath concentration.

Production Load Machine
no.
kg
×
Lab Recipe As developed
×
g/L

Production Enzyme Dose

— g/L

Concentration that reproduces the lab dose on weight of goods

Load Sheet

Batch Weight
— kg
Bath Volume
— L
Dose on Weight of Goods
— % owg
Enzyme per Load
— kg
Water per Garment
— L

Dose on weight of goods is the right scaling invariant, but mechanical action is not preserved by it — a short liquor ratio abrades far harder than a lab beaker, so expect to pull the time back as well as the dose. Confirm on a trial load.

Garment Wash Liquor Ratio & Enzyme Dosing Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.