PERMACRYL® Powder 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:

Kraft Paper & Paper Board
Construction Papers
News, Book, Magazine Papers
Recycled Papers
Container Board
Imitation Kraft
Sealing Tapes
Glassine Papers

Product	Semibleached Kraft		Unbleached Kraft
Undyed Samples
PERMACRYL® Auramine OO Widely used for coloring all grades of paper where good light fastness is not essential. This dye is heat sensitive and should not be dissolved above 160°F Especially recommended for unbleached pulp and groundwood.		1 lb
		5 lbs
PERMACRYL® Chrysodine Y Ex. Conc. Extensively used for beater dyeing inexpensive grades of paper. Also widely used for coloring containerboard, imitation Kraft, and groundwood papers		1 lb
		5 lbs
PERMACRYL® Bismarck Brown R Widely used for coloring boxes and container boards. glassine, wrappings, and other inexpensive grades of paper Used extensively for surface coloring because of its good solubility. A good base for browns and blacks on unbleached stocks		1 lb
		5 lbs
PERMACRYL® Rhodamine B Used with basic blues and violets for tinting. Produces strong, brilliant bluish pink shade on both bleached and unbleached stocks. Also available in stable liquid form which is 40% in strength.		1 lb
		5 lbs
PERMACRYL® Methyl Violet 2B Used extensively as a self shade for economical bright violets on inexpensive papers. Suitable for both surface coloring and beater dyeing for many grades of paper which do not require any particular lightfastness. Also available in stable liquid form which is 50% in strength.		1 lb
		5 lbs
PERMACRYL® Victoria Pure Blue BO One of the brightest of the basic blues. Finds use in shades where extreme brilliancy is required. Suitable for beater dyeing and surface coloring. Also available in stable liquid form which is 50% in strength.		1 lb
		5 lbs
PERMACRYL® Green Powder Used as a self shade and in combination with Auramine for brilliant greens on all grades of paper where good lightfastness is not required. Often combined with Methyl Violet 4BX Ex. Conc. and Chrysoidine Y Ex. Conc. or Basic Brown R. Ex. Conc. for black and brown shades. Suitable for dipping and calender coloring. Also available in stable liquid form which is 50% in strength.		1 lb
		5 lbs

Colors May Vary Across Screens The shades illustrated on this website are intended to convey the general color characteristics of each dye and are not intended to be an accurate representation of how the finished dyeings will actually appear. Due to differences in computer monitors, screen resolutions and graphics cards, the colors displayed here may vary.

Product	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	Clay	CaCO2	TiO2
Auramine OO	Fair	Good	Very Good	Poor	Poor	4.5-6.0	5	Red	Poor	Fair	Fair- Good	Fair	Bleached
Chrysoidine Y Ex. Conc.	Fair	Good	Very Good	Good	Fair	4.5-5.5	10-20	Slightly Yellow	Poor	Poor	Fair	Fair	Bleached
Bismarck Brown R	Fair	Good	Very Good	Good	Fair	4.5-5.5	10-20	Red	Poor	Poor- Fair	Good	Poor- Fair	Bleached
Rhodamine B	Fair	Good	Very Good	Good	Poor	4.5-6.0	10-20	Yellow	Fair	Fair	Good	Fair- Good	Part Bleached
Methyl Violet 2B	Fair	Good	Very Good	Fair	Fair	4.5-6.5	10-20	Red	Poor	Poor- Fair	Poor- Fair	Fair	Part
Victoria Pure Blue BO	Fair	Good	Very Good	Good	Fair	4.5-5.5	5-10	Red	Poor	Poor	Good	Fair	Bleached
Green Powder	Fair	Good	Very Good	Fair	Poor	4.5-6.0	10-20	Yellow	Poor	Poor	Poor- Fair	Poor- Fair	Bleached

Procedures:

Dyeing at 140º

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

Drop & rinse.
Set bath at 90ºF with:
1. Xg/l salt (per chart below)
Add PERMARBIL® Reactive Dye (pre-dissolve in 160º-180ºF water).
Run 10-minutes.
Add 1/10 total amount of Soda Ash over 10-minutes.
1. Run 10-minutes.
Add remaining 9/10 Soda Ash over 10-minutes (pH 10.8-11.2).
1. Run 10-minutes.
Heat to 140ºF at 2ºF/minute.
1. Run for 45-minutes.
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.
Rinse at 120ºF for 10-minutes.
1. Drop bath.
Rinse at 140º for 10-minutes.
1. Drop bath.
Neutralize at 120ºF with 0.25% Acetic Acid (pH 7-8).
1. Run 10-minutes.
2. Drop bath.
Set fresh bath to 120ºF.
Heat to 200ºF.
1. Hold 10-minutes.
2. Drop bath.
Set bath to 120ºF.
1. Hold 10-minutes.
2. Drop bath.
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