PERMALEX® MC Solvent Dye for Printing Ink

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

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

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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