PERMALITE® High Lightfast Direct Dye

PERMALITE® High Lightfast Direct Dye

These dyes offer good value and economy and provide excellent lightfastness and wet fastness on both cotton and rayon substrates.

PERMALITE® direct dyes are suitable for resin finishes and after treatments which can further enhance their wet fastness properties.

Solubility

(g/l @ 212°F)

SDC Class

Suitability

High-Temp Dyeing

Xenon Light Fastness (Untreated)

Wash Fastness 2A

(Untreated)

Wash Fastness 2A

(Treated)

Perspiration Fastness

(Acid)

Crock Fastness (Untreated Cotton)

Dead Cotton Coverage

PERMALITE®
Yellow EFC

1.0%

25

B

Good

Cotton 6-7

Rayon 5-6

Cotton 3-4

Rayon 3

Cotton 4

Rayon 3

Cotton 5-5

Wet 3

Dry 5

Good

PERMALITE®
Orange

GGLE 150%

1.0%

170

B

Very Good

Cotton 6-7

Rayon 6-7

Cotton 4

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5

Wet 3-4

Dry 4-5

Moderate

PERMALITE®
Brown GTL

1.0%

70

B

Good

Cotton 5

Rayon 7

Cotton 4

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 5

Wet 3

Dry –

Moderate

PERMALITE®
Scarlet

BNL 200%

1.0%

65

B

Fair

Cotton 5

Rayon 5-6

Cotton 4

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 5

Rayon 5

Cotton 5

Wet 3

Dry 5

Good

PERMALITE®
Red 3BL

1.0%

60

B

Good

Cotton 7-8

Rayon 7-8

Cotton 4

Rayon 3-4

Cotton 5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5

Wet 1-2

Dry 4

Low

PERMALITE®
Red 6BLL

1.0%

20

B

Poor

Cotton 6

Rayon 6-7

Cotton 3-4

Rayon 4

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 3-4

Wet 3

Dry 4-5

Low

PERMALITE®
Violet 4BL

1.0%

6

B

Good

Cotton 7

Rayon 7-8

Cotton 4

Rayon 2-3

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 5

Cotton 4-5

Wet 2

Dry 4-5

Moderate

PERMALITE®
Blue FFRL

1.0%

8

B

Good

Cotton 6

Rayon 7

Cotton 1

Rayon 1-2

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4

Cotton 4-5 G

Wet 3

Dry 5

Low

PERMALITE®
Blue 4BL 200%

1.0%

50

B

Good

Cotton 7

Rayon 7-8

Cotton 3

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5 R

Wet 2-3

Dry 4-5

Moderate

PERMALITE®
Turquoise

GRLL 250%

1.0%

50

A

Fair

Cotton 5

Rayon 6-7

Cotton 2

Rayon 2

Cotton 2-3

Rayon 3

Cotton 3

Wet 3

Dry 4

Good

PERMALITE®
Green B

2.0%

20

B

Good

Cotton 5

Rayon 5-6

Cotton 3

Rayon 3-4

Cotton 4

Rayon 4

Cotton 4

Wet 2-3

Dry 5

Good

PERMALITE®
Grey 3BLN

2.0%

20

B

Good

Cotton 6-7

Rayon 7-8

Cotton 3-4 G

Rayon 4 B

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5

Wet 3

Dry 4-5

Moderate

PERMALITE®
Black FG 250%

4.0%

15

B

Good

Cotton 5-6

Rayon 6-7

Cotton 4-5

Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5 Rayon 4-5

Cotton 4-5 G

Wet 5

Dry 4-5

Good

Procedures:

Dyeing at 140º

Pre-scour with 1& STANSCOUR® BRC at 160º for 20-minutes.

  1. Drop & rinse.
  2. Set bath at 90ºF with:
    1. Xg/l salt (per chart below)
  3. Add PERMARBIL® Reactive Dye (pre-dissolve in 160º-180ºF water).
  4. Run 10-minutes.
  5. Add 1/10 total amount of Soda Ash over 10-minutes.
    1. Run 10-minutes.
  6. Add remaining 9/10 Soda Ash over 10-minutes (pH 10.8-11.2).
    1. Run 10-minutes.
  7. Heat to 140ºF at 2ºF/minute.
    1. Run for 45-minutes.
  8. Sample.
    1. If shade is acceptable, drop bath.
    2. When sampling shade, swatch should be: rinsed cold, rinsed warm, and neutralized with 0.25% Acetic Acid. Then, scoured at 200ºF – see steps 12-18.
  9. Rinse at 120ºF for 10-minutes.
    1. Drop bath.
  10. Rinse at 140º for 10-minutes.
    1. Drop bath.
  11. Neutralize at 120ºF with 0.25% Acetic Acid (pH 7-8).
    1. Run 10-minutes.
    2. Drop bath.
  12. Set fresh bath to 120ºF.
  13. Heat to 200ºF.
    1. Hold 10-minutes.
    2. Drop bath.
  14. Set bath to 120ºF.
    1. Hold 10-minutes.
    2. Drop bath.
  15. Finish as usual.

Salt and Soda Ash Recommendations for Cotton/Rayon

% Reactive Dye

g/l Sodium Chloride or Sodium Sulfate

g/l Soda Ash

0-0.25

30

5

0.26-0.50

50

5

0.51-1.00

60

10

1.01-2.00

60

10

2.01-3.00

80

10

3.01-5.00

80

10

Above 5.00*

*When dyeing above 5.00% the yield should increase with use of 100g/l salt

80-100

10

PERMABRIL® Brill Blue R Special Requires Reduced Salt

% Reactive Dye

g/l Sodium Chloride or Sodium Sulfate

up to 0.50

20

0.51-2.00

30

2.01-4.00

40

Above 4.00

50

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