PERMALEX® MC Solvent Dye for Printing

PERMALEX® MC Solvent Dye for Printing Ink

The PERMALEX® MC range is a selected group of metal complex solvent dyes suitable for a wide variety of printing ink.

These dyes have excellent solubility in a wide range of solvents and exhibit very good heat stability and light fastness in many applications.

	Solubility (gm/l)							Light Fastness
	Ethyl Alcohol 99.5%	1-Methoxy- 2-Propanol	N-Propanol	2-Ethoxy Ethanol	M.E.K.	Ethyl Acetate	Toluene	Light Fastness
PERMALEX® Yellow MC-82	300	500	500	500	500	500	500	6-7
PERMALEX® Yellow MC-62 RL S	300	300	200	300	300	200	—	6-7
PERMALEX® Orange MC-11	300	300	200	300	300	200	—	6-7
PERMALEX® Orange MC-54-251	300	300	50	500	500	150	—	6-7
PERMALEX® Red MC-395B	300	500	300	500	500	350	—	6-7
PERMALEX® Red MC-127	150	300	50	300	—	—	—	4-5
PERMALEX® Blue MC-70	200	500	500	400	300	—	—	5-6
PERMALEX® Blue GN Micro	10	80	2	80	100	30	2	5-6
PERMALEX® Black JET-29	50	400	50	400	400	80	—	6-7
PERMALEX® Black BRLS	10	100	-	200	300	-	—	7-8
PERMALEX® Black MC-27	10	200	—	400	400	10	—	6-7

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.

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