PERMALON® Powder Acid Dye

PERMALON® Powder Acid 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.

PERMALON® Powder Acid Dyes

Affinity

Optimum pH Range

Solubility oz./gal.

Relative Side Uniformity

Change in Artificial Light

Light Fastness

Bleach-ability 1.0% Cl2

Alkali 10% Na2CO3

Acid Fastness

Uses

BL Kraft

Clay

1.0% H2SO4

Acid

PERMALON®
Yellow T

Poor

Fair

4.5-5.0

13

Top

Slightly Green

Very Good

Fair

2-3 Weak

2-3 Weak

2-3 Weak

C, I, M

PERMALON®
Yellow MS

Poor

Fair

4.5-5.0

13

Top

Slightly Green

Fair

Fair

4-5/5 Red

1-2 Violet

4-5 Red

C, I, M

PERMALON®
Croceine Scarlet CFL

Fair

Poor

4.5-6.0

2.5

Bottom

Slightly Yellow

Very Good

Good

4-5/5 Red

3-4 Blue

4-5/5 Blue

Paper, C, I

PERMALON®
Blue A

Poor

Fair

4.5-5.0

2

Top

Slightly Yellow

Good

Good

4-5 Green

3-4 Red

4 Green

Paper, C, I, M

PERMALON®
Black 2B Conc.

Poor

Fair

4.5-5.0

2

Top

Slightly Yellow

Fair

Fair/ Good

4-5/5 Green

4-5 Green

4-5 Green

Paper, C, I, M

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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