Product Information Process Auxiliaries

DSL Fast C-RD

Highly effective after soaping formulation for reactive dyeings

Function Washing accelerator for removal of unfixed reactive dyestuffs from cellu-
losic fibers and blends with synthetic fibers after dyeing or printing

Properties - removes unfixed hydrolised dyestuff from the fiber and keeps it in
solution
- prevents re-exhaustion of hydrolised and unfixed dyestuff onto the
fiber
- independent of pH, salt concentration and water hardness
- reduces the total water consumption
- suitable for continuous and discontinuous processes
- low foaming

Chemical Characteristics Formulation of a polymeric carboxylic acid derivative

Technical Data Appearance: slightly yellowish liquid

pH: approx. 6 - 8 (10% solution)
Density (20 °C): 1.0 - 1.1 g/cm³
Ionicity: weakly anionic
Dilution procedure: easily soluble in water
Shelf life: 24 months in closed original containers

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 Application

To remove unfixed reactive dye from the dyed fiber it is first necessary
to dilute the electrolyte to a concentration below 2.0 g/l before soaping.
Where possible rinsing should be hot to maintain the open structure of the
cellulose fiber and allow effective diffusion-out of the dye hydrolisate.
With Remazol® dyes the first rinse in the presence of residual alkali
should be at 30 - 50 °C to avoid hydrolysing the vinyl-sulphone
cellulose covalent bond. After this initial rinse a neutralization stage
using acetic acid at pH of 5 - 6 for 10 minutes at 50 - 80 °C should be
given, after which hot rinsing and soaping can be carried out.
The number of rinses before the soaping depends on the depth of
shade, liquor carry-over, and liquor ratio (refer to DyStar reactive
dye pattern card)
- The number of rinse bathes No. 4 depend on depth of shade, on liq-
uor ratio and on liquor retention of the fabric.
- Use Remazol-Method for dyeings of Levafix® Royal Blue E-FR
Wash off in exhaust process
for Levafix and Remazol dyes
1. 10 minutes overflow rinsing at 30 - 50 °C
2. 10 minutes rinsing at 50 - 80 °C (for Remazol: neutralise!)
3. 10 minutes rinsing at 80 °C (not necessary for pale shades)
4. 10 minutes at 98 °C with 1.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
5. 10 minutes at 80 °C
6. 10 minutes cold rinsing
for Procion dyes
1. 10 minutes overflow rinsing at 50 - 70 °C
2. 10 minutes at 70 °C
3. 10 minutes at 80 °C (not necessary for pale shades)
4. 10 minutes at 98 °C with 1.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
5. 10 minutes at 70 °C
6. 10 minutes rinsing at 50 °C
Wash off in continuous process
Continuous washing-off, for example on an open-width machine with
7 compartments (standard recommendation). Continuous washing
units based on counter-flow technology are particularly economical as
they save water and energy.

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 Levafix dyes
1. 50-60°C
2. 80 °C
3. 95 - 100 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
4. 95 - 100 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
5. 95 - 100 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
6. 80 °C
7. 40-70°C
Remazol dyes

Silicate method Silicate-free method

1. 50 -60°C 50 - 60 °C
2. 50 -60°C 50 - 60 °C; pH 5 - 6 (acetic acid)
3. 80 °C 80 - 95 °C
4. 95 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD 95 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
5. 95 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD 95 °C; 0.0 - 4.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
6. 80 °C 80 °C
7. 40 - 70 °C* 40 - 70 °C*
* pH 6 with acetic acid.

Notes
Make sure that the dye concentration in the rinse baths is not too high. To
ensure good wash-off effects, it is important to ensure an adequate
difference between the dye/fibre and dye/liquor concentration. Continu-ous
replenishment of soaping and rinsing baths is therefore essential.
To avoid precipitation of silicate in silicate-based processes,
demineral-ized water should be used.
Where silicate is used in the dyeing process, the neutralization step be-
fore soaping must be omitted. Providing the conditions given the
sodium silicate can be washed out completely.
As an alternative to continuous washers, beams, rope washers and
jets can be used to wash off reactive dyeings.
DSL Fast C-RD is based on a surfactant with dye affinity which com-
plexes with the reactive dye hydrolysate to avoid redeposition on the
fi-ber, thereby improving the soaping efficiency.
Cadira® Reactive, a new module in DyStar’s Resource Efficiency pro-
gram, uses these properties of DSL Fast C-RD to the full and enables
significant resource savings.
Cadira® Reactive uses selected Levafix and Remazol dyes with high
fix-ation yield and good wash-off properties. As Cadira® Reactive
promotes dyeing in LR 5:1, the fixation yield is even higher and amount
of hy-drolised dyes even further reduced.

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 1. Salt
2. Sera Lube M-UFC (lubricant) and Sera Quest M-USP (sequestrant)
3. Selected Levafix and Remazol dyes
4. Alkali
5. 1.0 g/l DSL Fast C-RD
6. Acetic acid (pH 6 - 7)

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