āĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϏেāϏāĻি āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻāϰে āĻিāύ্āϏেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে āĻĨাāĻ āĻ ংāĻļ āĻ āĻĒāĻেāĻেāϰ āĻāĻļেāĻĒাāĻļে āĻāϰা āĻšā§। āĻāĻি āĻিāύ্āϏāĻে āĻāĻেāĻŦাāϰে āύāϤুāύ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাā§āĻ āĻ āύেāĻāĻĻিāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻĒুāϰāύো āĻ āĻĨāĻ āĻĢ্āϝাāĻļāύেāĻŦāϞ āϞুāĻ āĻĻেā§।(This process is especially done on the front of the jeans and around the pockets. It gives the jeans a vintage yet fashionable look, even when they are brand new.)
đ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏেāϏ āĻোāĻĨা āĻĨেāĻে āĻāϏেāĻে (Where did the whisker process come from)?
“Whisker” āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻি āĻāϏেāĻে “cat whiskers” āĻŦা āĻŦিā§াāϞেāϰ āĻোঁāĻĢেāϰ āϰেāĻা āĻĨেāĻে। āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻŦিā§াāϞেāϰ āĻŽুāĻে āϏāϰু āĻ āĻĒ্āϝাāĻাāϰ্āύāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻে, āĻ িāĻ āϤেāĻŽāύāĻ āĻĄেāύিāĻŽেāĻ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āϰেāĻা āĻৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽāĻাāĻŦে āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা āĻšā§ — āϝা āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻšā§ āύ্āϝাāĻাāϰাāϞ āĻ āϰিā§েāϞিāϏ্āĻিāĻ। (The word “whisker” comes from “cat whiskers.” Just as a cat’s face has narrow, patterned markings, denim has these lines artificially created — to look natural and realistic.)
đš āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻেāύ āĻāϰা āĻšā§ (Why are whiskers done?)?
✅ āĻিāύ্āϏāĻে āĻĢ্āϝাāĻļāύেāĻŦāϞ, āϰিā§েāϞ āĻ āĻিāύāĻেāĻ āϞুāĻ āĻĻিāϤে (To give jeans a fashionable, real and vintage look)
✅ āĻĄেāύিāĻŽāĻে āĻĒ্āϰিāĻŽিā§াāĻŽ āĻ āϏ্āĻাāĻāϞিāĻļ āĻĻেāĻাāύোāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ (To make denim look premium and stylish)
✅ āĻŦাāĻাāϰে āĻŦেāĻļি āĻাāĻšিāĻĻা āϤৈāϰিāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ (To create more demand in the market)
✅ āĻাāϏ্āĻāĻŽাāϰāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻāϰ্āώāĻŖ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ (To attract customers)
đ ️ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻিāĻাāĻŦে āĻāϰা āĻšā§ / How are whiskers done?
āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏেāϏেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ ā§ŠāĻি āĻŽূāϞ āĻāĻĒাā§ āϰā§েāĻে / There are 3 main ways to process whiskers:
1. Manual Hand Scraping (Template Based) / āĻŽ্āϝাāύুā§াāϞ āĻš্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϏ্āĻ্āϰ্āϝাāĻĒিং (āĻেāĻŽ্āĻĒāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϏāĻĄ)
- āĻāĻি āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞিāϤ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি / This is the most common method.
- āĻাāϰ্āĻāĻŦোāϰ্āĻĄ āĻŦা āĻāĻৃāϤিāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻĒ্āϞাāϏ্āĻিāĻ āĻেāĻŽāĻĒ্āϞেāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে, āϏ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāĻĒেāĻĒাāϰ āĻĻিā§ে āĻšাāϤে āϏ্āĻ্āϰ্āϝাāĻĒ āĻāϰে āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা āĻšā§। / Whiskers are created by hand scraping with sandpaper, using cardboard or shaped plastic templates.
- āĻāĻ āĻŽ্āϝাāύুā§াāϞ āĻেāĻāύিāĻে āĻĻāĻ্āώāϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻāύ āĻšā§। / This manual technique requires skill.
2. Laser Whisker / āϞেāĻাāϰ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ
- āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤি āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে āύিāĻুঁāϤ, āύিāϰ্āĻুāϞ āĻ āĻāĻāύিāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰা āϝাā§ / Perfect, precise, and uniform whiskers can be created using modern technology.
- āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦাঁāĻাā§ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āĻšā§ / Saves time and speeds up production.
- āϤāĻŦে āĻāϰāĻ āϤুāϞāύাāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻŦেāĻļি / However, the cost is relatively high.
3. Sand Blasting Whisker (Now Rare) / āĻŦাāϞি āĻŦ্āϞাāϏ্āĻিং āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ (āĻāĻāύ āĻŦিāϰāϞ)
āĻāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞিāϤ āĻĨাāĻāϞেāĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļ āĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāĻুঁāĻিāϰ āĻাāϰāĻŖে āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύে āύিāώিāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦা āϏীāĻŽিāϤ। / Although previously common, it is currently banned or restricted due to environmental and health risks.
đ§ āĻĒ্āϰā§োāĻāύীā§ āĻāĻĒāĻāϰāĻŖ / Required tools:
đ§đ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻāϰাāϰ āϧাāĻĒāϏāĻŽূāĻš (āϧাāĻĒে āϧাāĻĒে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ্āϰিāϝ়া) / Steps to make whiskers (step by step process):
đŠ Step 1: āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ āĻŦāϏাāύো (Garment Placement)
- āĻĒ্āϝাāύ্āĻāĻিāĻে āĻাāĻ েāϰ āĻĄাāĻŽি āĻŦা āĻāύāĻĢ্āϞ্āϝাāĻেāĻŦāϞ āĻĄাāĻŽিāϤে āĻাāϞোāĻাāĻŦে āĻĢিāĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে / The pants must fit snugly on a wooden dummy or inflatable dummy.
đŠ Step 2: āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύ āĻাāĻāĻĄāϞাāĻāύ / Design Guidelines
- āϰাāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻাঁāĻ āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϝাāĻাāϰ্āύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰে āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āύāĻāĻļা āĻিāĻš্āύিāϤ āĻāϰুāύ / Mark the whisker design using a rubber mold or pattern guideline.
- āĻŽাāϰ্āĻাāϰ āĻĒেāύ āĻŦা āĻāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻšাāϞāĻা āĻāϰে āϰেāĻা āĻাāύ (āϏাāĻŽāύেāϰ āĻāϰু āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āϰোāĻেāϰ āĻ āύুāĻূāĻŽিāĻ āϰেāĻা) / Lightly draw lines with a marker pen or chalk (horizontal lines on the front thighs and crotch).
đŠ Step 3: āĻš্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϏ্āĻ্āϰ্āϝাāĻĒিং/āĻāĻŽেāϰি āĻāĻĒ্āϞিāĻেāĻļāύ / Hand Scraping/Emery Application
- āĻāĻŦাāϰ, āĻিāĻš্āύিāϤ āĻাā§āĻাāĻি āϧীāϰে āϧীāϰে āĻāĻŽেāϰি āĻĒেāĻĒাāϰ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻš্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻĒ্āϝাāĻĄ āĻĻিā§ে āĻāώুāύ / Now, slowly rub the marked area with emery paper or hand pad.
- āĻāώাāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻšাāϞāĻা āĻাāĻĒ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে, āϝেāύ āĻাāĻĒā§ āĻিঁā§ে āύা āϝাā§ / Use light pressure while rubbing to avoid tearing the fabric.
đŠ Step 4: āϞাāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻ্āϏ āĻেāĻ / Light Box Check
- āϏ্āĻ্āϰ্āϝাāĻĒিং āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϞাāĻāĻ āĻেāĻŦিāϞ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϏ্āĻ্āϰ্āϝাāĻĒিং āĻāϰুāύ — āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āϞাāĻāĻ āϞাāĻāύāĻুāϞিāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাāĻŦিāĻ / After scraping, check with a light table to see if the whisker lines are even and normal.
đŠ Step 5: āĻাāĻ-āĻāĻĒ / āĻĢিāύিāĻļিং / (Touch-Up / Finishing)
- āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻāύে āϏāĻĢ্āĻ āĻāĻŽেāϰি āĻĻিā§ে āĻāϰāĻ āĻšাāϞāĻা āĻāϰে āϏেāĻŽিāĻ্āϰিāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻĒ āĻāϰা āĻšā§।/ If necessary, a more light symmetrical touch-up is done with soft emery.
- āĻিāĻু āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϰেāĻিāύ āĻোāĻিং āĻŦা āĻĒāĻাāϏিā§াāĻŽ āĻĒাāϰāĻŽাāĻ্āĻাāύেāĻ āϏ্āĻĒ্āϰে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰা āĻšā§ (āĻāϞোāĻিāϤ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ)/ In some cases, resin coating or potassium permanganate spray is used (for lightened whiskers).
đˇ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āĻĒাāϰেāĻāϰেāϰ āϏ্āĻিāϞ / Whisker Operator Skills
āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĻāĻ্āώ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āĻĒাāϰেāĻāϰেāϰ āĻĨাāĻāϤে āĻšāĻŦে / A skilled whisker operator must have—
✅ āύিāĻুঁāϤ āĻšাāϤেāϰ āϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļ / Perfect hand touch
✅ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻļেāĻĄেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা / Experience working on different shades
✅ āĻĒাāϰāĻĢেāĻ্āĻ āĻĒāĻিāĻļāύিং āĻ্āĻাāύ / Perfect positioning knowledge
✅ āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύ āĻ
āύুāϝাā§ী āĻĒ্āϰেāĻļাāϰ āĻāύ্āĻ্āϰোāϞ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা / Ability to control pressure as per design
đ¯ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏেāϏেāϰ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ / The importance of the whisker process
✅ āĻĄেāύিāĻŽে āύ্āϝাāĻাāϰাāϞ āĻāĻāĻāĻĄ āϞুāĻ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰে / Creates a natural used look on denim
✅ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻেāϰ āĻ্āϝাāϞু āĻŦাā§াā§ / Increases the value of clothing
✅ āĻĢ্āϝাāĻļāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻŽাāύাāύāϏāĻ āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύ āĻĻেā§ / Offers a design that matches fashion
✅ āĻ্āϞোāĻŦাāϞ āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāĻুāϞোāϤে āĻāĻি āĻāĻŦāĻļ্āϝিāĻ āĻেāĻāύিāĻ / This is a must-have technique for global brands.
đ¸ āϰিā§েāϞ āϞাāĻāĻĢ āĻāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖ / Real life example
āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻĒাāϰেāĻāϰ āĻĻিāύে ā§Ģā§Ļā§Ļ-ā§Ŧā§Ļā§ĻāĻĒিāϏ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āϝāĻĻি āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύ āϏিāĻŽ্āĻĒāϞ āĻšā§। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύ āĻšāϞে ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ-⧍ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻĒিāϏেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻšā§ āύা / An operator can make 500-600 pieces of whiskers a day if the design is simple, but not more than 200-250 pieces if the design is complex.
đ āĻāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰ / Conclusion
āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻšāĻ্āĻে āĻĄেāύিāĻŽ āĻĄ্āϰাāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϏেāϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āĻ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϧাāĻĒ, āϝা āĻিāύ্āϏāĻে āĻļুāϧু āĻĒুāϰাāϤāύ āϞুāĻāĻ āĻĻেā§ āύা āĻŦāϰং āϏ্āĻাāĻāϞিāĻļ āĻ āĻ্āϰেāύ্āĻĄি āĻāϰে āϤোāϞে। āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĻāĻ্āώ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āĻĒাāϰেāĻāϰ āĻšāϞে āĻāĻ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒে āĻাāĻšিāĻĻা āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦেāĻļি। āĻāĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤে āĻāĻি āĻāϰāĻ āĻেāĻāύোāϞāĻিāĻ্āϝাāϞি āĻ ্āϝাāĻĄāĻাāύ্āϏāĻĄ āĻšāĻŦে — āϝেāĻŽāύ 3D āϏ্āĻ্āϝাāύাāϰ āĻŦা AI āĻাāĻāĻĄেāĻĄ āϞেāĻাāϰ āĻšুāĻāϏ্āĻাāϰ। (Whiskering is the initial and crucial step in the denim drying process, which not only gives the jeans an old look but also makes them stylish and trendy. A skilled whisker operator is in high demand in this industry. In the future, it will become more technologically advanced — such as 3D scanners or AI guided laser whiskers.)
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(Denim Dry Process Expert & Researcher)
āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝোāĻাāϝোāĻ āĻāϰুāύ āĻĄেāύিāĻŽ āĻā§াāĻļিং āϏংāĻ্āϰাāύ্āϤ āϝেāĻোāύো āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ, āĻāĻŦ āĻāύāĻĢো, āĻĒāϰাāĻŽāϰ্āĻļ āĻŦা āĻāύāĻেāύ্āĻ āϏাāĻŦāĻŽিāĻļāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ। āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āϰিāĻĒ্āϞাāĻ āĻĒেāϤে WhatsApp āĻŦা āĻāĻŽেāĻāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰুāύ। (Contact us for any denim washing questions, job info, suggestions or content submissions. Use WhatsApp or email for a quick reply.)
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