PERMACRYL® Liquid Basic Dye

PERMACRYL® Liquid Basic Dye

PERMACRYL® Basic Dye is especially suited for beater, pulper and calendar stain application for paper board. 

Liquid and powder dyes are illustrated in separate categories due to slight shade variations between the two forms.

These dyes are highly recommended for unbleached Kraft and groundwood coarse paper applications such as:

Product

Semibleached Kraft

Unbleached Kraft

Undyed Samples

PERMACRYL® Chrysoidine MR Liquid

Similar to Basic Orange 2 in properties but is redder in shade. Extensively used for beater dyeing inexpensive grades of paper. Also widely used for coloring container board, bogus Kraft and groundwood papers.

2 lbs.

10 lbs.

PERMACRYL® Methyl Violet 2B Liquid

Used extensively as a self-shade and in combination with Victoria Pure Blue RB Liquid for economical bright blues on inexpensive papers. Suitable for both surface coloring and beater dyeing for many grades of paper which do not require any particular lightfastness.

2 lbs.

10 lbs.

PERMACRYL® Crystal Violet Liquid

Widely used for tinting newsprint, book, magazine and other inexpensive paper. Greener in shade than Methyl Violet 4BX Liquid with similar working properties.

2 lbs.

10 lbs.

PERMACRYL® Rhodamine BR 20% Liquid


Used with basic blues and violets for tinting. Produces strong, brilliant bluish-pink shade on both bleached and unbleached stocks.

2 lbs.

10 lbs.

PERMACRYL® Victoria Pure Blue BO Liquid

One of the brightest of the basic blues. Finds use in shades where extreme brilliancy is required. Suitable for beater dyeing and surface coloring.

2 lbs.

10 lbs.

PERMACRYL® Green Liquid


Used both as a self shade and in combination with Auramine for brilliant greens on all grades of paper where good light fastness Is not important Also used with Methyl Violet 4BX Liquid and Chrysoidine MR Liquid for black and brown shades. Suitable for dipping and calender coloring.

2 lbs.

10 lbs.

Fiber Affinity

Dying pH Range

Solubility (lbs. in 100 gal. H2O)

Appearance in Artificial Light

Fastness to Daylight

1.0% NaOH

1.0% H2SO4

Silicate of Soda 40%

Bleach-ability

Bleached

Clay

CaCO2

TiO2

Yes

No

PERMACRYL®
Chrysoidine MR Liquid

Fair

Good

Very Good

Poor

Poor

4.5-5.5

N/A

Very Slt. Red

Poor

Poor

Poor

Poor

Bleached

PERMACRYL®
Methyl Violet 2B Liquid

Fair

Good

Very Good

Fair

Fair

4.5-6.5

10-20

Red

Poor

Poor- Fair

Poor- Fair

Fair

Part Bleached

PERMACRYL®
Crystal Violet Liquid

Fair

Good

Very Good

Poor

Poor

4.5-6.0

N/A

Slightly Red

Poor

Excellent

Poor

Poor

Part Bleached

PERMACRYL®

Rhodamine BR 20% Liquid

Fair

Good

Very Good

Good

Poor

4.5-6.0

10-20

Yellow

Fair

Fair

Good

Fair- Good

Part Bleached

PERMACRYL®
Victoria Pure Blue BO Liquid

Fair

Good

Very Good

Good

Fair

4.5-5.5

5-10

Red

Poor

Poor

Good

Fair

Bleached

PERMACRYL®
Green Liquid

Fair

Good

Very Good

Fair

Poor

4.5-6.0

10-20

Yellow

Poor

Poor

Poor- Fair

Poor- Fair

Bleached

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