Dye Fixing Agents are used to Fix Procion / Reactive Dyes and their usage is quite prevalent among the Textile Processing Units in India and abroad.
After the Dyeing Process of Cotton or Polyester Cotton Fabric, unfixed dyes are present on the surface. This might bring undesirable results if not properly addressed. Hence, a Dye Fixing Agent is used to fix unfixed dyes which results in less bleeding of the fabric.
Dye Fixing Agent are of 2 types:
- Non Formaldehyde Dye Fixing Agent (Starcofix HCF Conc.)
- Formaldehyde Free Dye Fixing Agent (Ecofix MGFF)
More on the type of Dye Fixing Agents and which is applicable to you in the next article. To answer the question of Freezing of Dye Fixing Agents at low temperature is quite simple. If the actual process of manufacturing of dye fixing agents is being followed, challenge would be quite low.
This is coming from a personal example where the company Starco Arochem Pvt. Ltd. is supplying Dye Fixing Agents to some of the biggest names in the Industry in North India. As you all know, temperature can easily dip below 5 C in the Northern part of India. However, its Dye Fixing Agents have stood the test of time and customers have never faced similar challenges.
Dye Fixing Agents, like all manufacturing processes, require a certain time only after which it is ready to be dispatched. Care must be taken to ensure that in chasing high production targets, is the production time being sacrificed? Testing at the end of every batch to check for its stability at low temperature will also go a long way in ensuring that the customer does not face any difficulty.
Hope this article would have helped you to relook at your processes and if you are a textile processing unit, do check if proper testing of the product is done before every dispatch.
About Starco
Starco Arochem Pvt. Ltd. is a Quality Focused Manufacturer & Exporter of Textile Auxiliaries and Chemicals. Starco Arochem Pvt. Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company that focuses on Consistent Quality, Timely Delivery & Transparent Communication.
