Colors for Fertilizers & Pesticides
PERMACOL® PERMALON

Colors for Fertilizers & Pesticides
PERMACOL® PERMALON

With over 20 years experience working directly in the Agricultural & Horticultural industries, our professional staff is able to assist you with projects that require special regulatory or labeling requirements.

Our team of color technicians and analytical chemists can assist with formulation and de-formulation projects to ensure the highest levels of compatibility and performance.

Our dyes and pigments are suitable for a broad range of applications. Please contact our sales team to discuss how we can help.

Physical Form

40 CFR 180.910

Pre & Post Harvest

40 CFR 180.920

Pre-Harvest

PERMACOL® FD&C Red 40

Powder

Yes

Yes

PERMACOL® FD&C Red 40 - Liquid

Liquid

Yes

Yes

PERMALON® Yellow T

Powder

Yes

N/A

PERMALON® Yellow T - Liquid

Liquid

Yes

N/A

PERMALON® Orange II

Powder

N/A

N/A

PERMALON® Red 2G 150%

Powder

N/A

N/A

PERMALON® Red CW 133%

Powder

N/A

N/A

PERMALON® Rhodamine B 400%

Powder

N/A

N/A

PERMALON® Blue VSG Conc

Powder

N/A

N/A

PERMALON® Neutral Green GK-EX

Powder

N/A

N/A

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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