Sarabloom-SL is a colour blooming agent specially developed for enhancing shade of cotton, wool, polyester and their blends. It is specially suitable for black and navy blue dyed fabrics. Sarabloom-SL imparts neutral to redder tone on the treated fabrics.
Treatment with Sarabloom-SL confers soft hand to the fabric and thus addition of conventional softeners can be reduced from the recipe. Sarabloom-SL does not lead to bronzing.
Key Features & Benefits
Key Features
Benefits
Durable
Depth consistency reasonably maintained after repeated home laundering
Confers softness
Additional softeners can be reduced from the recipe
General Characteristics
Physical appearance
Off white to milky white liquid
Ionic nature
Nonionic to weakly cationic
pH of 1% solution
5 +/- 1
Miscibility
Miscible with water
Compatibility
Compatible with cationic and nonionic products
Stability
Stable to dilute acids and dilute alkalies
Application
Padding process:
Pick-up :65-70%
Bath pH :4.5-5.0
Drying : 130-140 deg.C
SUGGESTED RECIPE
Substrates
Concentration
pH with Acetic Acid
Colour depth*
Cotton
20-30 g/l
4.5-5
20-30%
Polyester
20-30 g/l
5..5-6
15-25%
Wool and its blends
20-30 g/l
5..5-6
15-25%
Linen and its blends
20-40 g/l
4.5-5
15-30%
*Increase in colour depth depends upon type of dye and substrate.
Coating application for Denim
Dosage : 20 parts
Thickener : 80 parts
Total : 100 parts
pH 4.5-5.0; Coat & Cure at 160-170 deg.C
Exhaust process: Garment drum, winch m/c.
Dosage : 2-4%
Bath pH : 4.5-5.0
Bath Temp. : 30-40 deg.C
Time : 20-30 min.
Drying : 130-140 deg.C
Precautions :
- Any strong mechanical finish like calendering, pressure decatising etc.which can affect the surface characteristics of the finished fabric may reduce blooming effect.
- Blooming effect will not be observed for dyefixed fabric.
- pH of padding solution should be 4.5-5.0. If pH increases to alkaline side, the emulsion becomes unstable resulting in the formation of white specks and ultimately lower colour blooming effect on fabric.
- Make small volume of pad solution to avoid tailing problem.
Precautions
Storage : Store in cool, ventilated shed away from heat and direct sunlight. Storage temperature should not exceed 35 deg C. Close lids firmly to avoid contact with air and moisture.
Shelf Life : 9 months from the date of manufacturing, if stored under controlled conditions.
