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Liquid Reactive Printing Thickener

Liquid Reactive Printing Thickener

New Generation hybrid thickener for reactive printing (VI-Print)

  • VI-Print is thickeners for reactive printing.
  • It’s a mix of synthetic and natural thickener system.
  • It is Premium Thickener for natural and synthetic fabrics.
  • It Gives excellent hand feel, smooth run ability.
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Features

  • Sharp printing quality with good color yield
  • Better brilliancy
  • Desirable backside penetration.
  • Excellent hand feel
  • Reasonable paste stability
  • After washing the system has less tinting
  • Printable viscosity at 3.5-4.5%
  • Good viscosity retention on addition of dyestuffs

Physical Properties

Parameters

VI-Print HTC

VI-Print HTV

VI-Print HTRC

VI-Print HTRV

Colour

Creamish Brown

Light Brown

Creamish White

Creamish White

pH (Self)

6-8

6-8

6-8

6-8

Stock Paste viscosity 4%

40000-45000 CPS

40000-45000 CPS

36000 – 40000CPS

36000 – 40000CPS

Recipe for making the paste before dye addition

S. No.

Ingredient

Quantity (%)

1

Vi-print

3.5-4.0

2

Sodium hexa-metaphosphate

0.5

3

Sodium Bicarbonate

3.5-4.5

4

Resist Salt

1.0-2.0

5

Urea

10-3

6

Water

60-80 (balance qty.)

Total

100

Procedure for preparing 4% HTRV paste

  • Take 70 kg of DM water in a vessel and add sodium hexametaphosphate under high speed stirring,
  • Add the remaining additives in the following sequence:
    – Resist salt
    – Sodium bicarbonate
    – Urea
  • Mix it for 5 min.
  • Slowly add VI-Print and mix for 20 minutes.
  • Add make up water to make 100 kg paste
  • Add the dye as per shade

Viscosity parameters for machines

Viscosity parameters for Rotary Machines:

  • Before Dye Addition 12000-15000 CPS at 30°C
  • After Dye Addition : 8000-9000 CPS at 30°C

(Paste of higher viscosity will be required for flat-bed printing.)

Recommended Viscosity for Flat Bed:

  • Before Dye Addition : 20000 25000 CPS at 30°C
  • After Dye Addition : 12000-15000 CPS at 30°C

Note: Brook field viscometer Model No. RVT, Spindle No.4, RPM 10.

Conclusion

PRODUCTS

VI-Print HTC

Premium Hybrid thickener for cotton

VI-Print HTV

Premium hybrid thickener for viscose

VI-Print HTRC

Economical Hybrid thickener for cotton

VI-Print HTRV

Economical Hybrid thickener for viscose and modal

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