In short
Printing Thickener PMA is a printing, wool & silk auxiliary from CRYSL (Yellow/brown powder · Nonionic · pH 7-9 approx. · Easily soluble in water). Printing Thickener PMA is a thickener for printing polyamide, wool and silk with acid dyes or metal-complex dyes. Suitable substrates: silk, wool, acrylic, polyamide, cellulosic fibres.
Product Properties
| Model | PMA |
|---|---|
| Series | Printing, Wool & Silk Auxiliaries |
| Appearance | Yellow/brown powder |
| Ionicity | Nonionic |
| pH | 7-9 approx. |
| Solubility | Easily soluble in water |
| Packaging & storage | Packed in 125 kg blue PE drums or white PE IBC totes; seal and store in a cool, dry place. Shelf life: 6 months. |
Product Description
Printing Thickener PMA is a thickener for printing polyamide, wool and silk with acid dyes or metal-complex dyes.
Performance & Benefits
- Suitable substrates: silk, wool, acrylic, polyamide, cellulosic fibres.
- Suitable equipment: automatic flat-screen printing machines, rotary-screen printing machines and other printing machines.
- Viscosity of the 9% stock paste: 30,000-40,000 cps (measured with a viscometer at 25℃).
- Suitable dyes: acid dyes, direct dyes, metal-complex dyes, vat dyes.
Application & Dosage
Dissolving method (stock paste preparation)
| Printing Thickener PMA | 80-90 g |
|---|---|
| Tap water | 920-910 g |
| Total | 1000 g stock paste |
Dissolving (stock paste preparation): PMA at 80-90 g plus tap water at 920-910 g, making 1000 g of stock paste. Under fast stirring, add the thickener slowly to cold water. Complete swelling into the stock paste takes 3-4 hours.
Printing paste preparation
Printing paste preparation: typically 500-600 g of stock paste is added to make 1 kg of printing paste. This can also be done in an automatic paste mixer.
| — Silk(acid or metal-complex dyes) | |
| Acid dye | X g |
|---|---|
| Urea | 50 g |
| Hot water | 200 g |
| Stock paste | 450-600 g |
| Ammonium tartrate (1:2 solution) | 10 g |
| Water | Y g |
| Total | 1000 g printing colour paste |
| — Wool(reactive dyes) | |
| Reactive dye | X g |
| Urea | 100 g |
| Sodium acetate | 50 g |
| Stock paste | 450-600 g |
| Reserving salt | 10 g |
| Water | Y g |
| Total | 1000 g printing colour paste |
Silk (acid or metal-complex dyes), per 1000 g of printing colour paste: acid dye X g; urea 50 g; hot water 200 g; stock paste 450-600 g; ammonium tartrate (1:2 solution) 10 g; water Y g.
Packaging & Storage
Packed in 125 kg blue PE drums or white PE IBC totes; seal and store in a cool, dry place. Shelf life: 6 months.
Note: the parameters and processes above are reference values. Please run a lab trial based on your equipment, greige specification and customer test standard before bulk production. Technical data is subject to the latest TDS. For the latest TDS / COA or a sample trial, contact +86 186-7586-4963.