ADI
Pigment Emulsions give high purity of tone and brilliant
shades on fabrics with suitable binders. These pastes can
be intermixed to get a variety of shades without any difficulty.
The
preparation of the printing paste is very simple and the
paste has very good flow property. The prints obtained are
characterised by high brilliancy and soft handle. It has
good washing and rubbing fastness.
General
Recipe for Printing Paste
(Based
on oil in water emulsion principle)
|
Printing
Binder |
10
parts |
Water |
10
parts |
Urea |
3
parts |
Mineral
Turpentine / Kerosene
(Added under high speed stirring) |
70
parts |
ADI
Pigment Emulsion |
4
parts |
Diammonium
Phosphate 1:2
(Acid liberating agent to help curing) |
3
parts |
|
100
parts |
The
printed cloth is dried in air or steam heated rollers at
80°-90° C for a sufficient period of time to expel
the solvent. Full fixation is obtained in dry heat at 145-150C
for 4 minutes.
The
information given is accurate to the best of our knowledge
and we hope it will be of great assistance to both machine
and screen printers in general. However, the conclusions
and recommendations are without guarantee on our part, as
much depends on the conditions of usage which vary throughout
the consuming industries.