PERMALITE® Powder Direct Dye

While liquid paper dyes serve a need where automated color control and/or environmental considerations are a factor, there are certain areas where powder dyes remain the product of choice.

Powder dyes are generally more economical. Using powder dyes for the coloration of very deep shades for fine paper and tissue requires reduced quantities since they are, in many cases, 6 to 8 times more concentrated than liquid dyes.

Also, powders do not contain organic solvents that are used in some liquid dyes.

	Affinity		Optimum pH Range	Solubility oz./gal.	Relative Side Uniformity	Change in Artificial Light	Light Fastness	Bleachability 1.0% Cl2	Alkali 10% Na2CO3	Acid Fastness		Uses
	BL Kraft	Clay	Optimum pH Range	Solubility oz./gal.	Relative Side Uniformity	Change in Artificial Light	Light Fastness	Bleachability 1.0% Cl2	Alkali 10% Na2CO3	1.0% H2SO4	Acid	Uses
PERMALITE® Yellow G 200%	Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	6.7	Bottom- Even	Green	3-4	Good	4-5 Bright	1 Brown	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Yellow 4G	Very Good	Poor	4.5-7.0	5.4	Bottom	Green	5	Good	4-5 Bright	3-4 Brown	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Yellow DM	Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	6.7	Bottom- Even	Green	4-5	Good	5 Bright	3 Brown	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Yellow 2RLSW	Very Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	10	Bottom- Even	Green	5	Fair	4-5/5 Red	3-4 Brown	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Orange SE Ex.	Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	2	Bottom- Even	Yellow	4-5	Good	4-5/5 Red	2 Red	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Scarlet 4SWN	Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	6	Even	Yellow	3-4/4	Good	5 Bright	3 Blue	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Scarlet CAS	Very Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	4.7	Even	Yellow	3-4	Good	4-5 Bright	4 Blue	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Red 8BL	Very Good	Poor/ Fair	4.5-7.0	5.4	Bottom- Even	Yellow	4	Good	2-3 Blue	2 Blue	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Brilliant Pink BR	Good	Poor/ Fair	4.5-6.0	13.4	Bottom- Even	Blue	4-5	Good	3-4 Yellow	4-5/5 Blue	4-5/5 Blue	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Turquoise 8GL	Poor	Good	4.5-5.0	4	Top	Green	4-5/5	Fair	5	3 Yellow	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Bond Blue BNE	Fair	Good	4.5-5.5	5.4	Even	Slightly Green	3-4/4	Fair/ Good	4-5/5 Green	3-4 Red	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Blue 8GLL	Poor	Good	4.5-5.0	4	Top	Green	4-5/5	Fair	5	3 Yellow	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Blue FFC	Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	4	Bottom- Even	Red	5	Fair/ Good	4-5 Green	4 Red	5	Fine/ Tissue
PERMALITE® Black E-SE Ex.	Good	Fair	4.5-7.0	2	Bottom- Even	Slightly Yellow	4-5	Fair/ Good	4-5/5 Green	4-5/5 Red	5	Fine/ Tissue

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