Dyes and dyeingPellew, Charles E. (Charles Ernest), Viscount Exmouth
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Dyes and dyeing
Pellew, Charles E. (Charles Ernest), Viscount Exmouth
Dyes and dyeing
After dyeing just below the boiling point for fifteen minutes,
remove the heat, take out the goods, and—as quickly as possible—run
them carefully backward and forward through the wringer (changing
the folds of the goods each time) until the excess of dye liquor is
entirely squeezed out. Then shake them out, hang them up for fifteen
or twenty minutes in the air to oxidize and “set,” and after this
wash them thoroughly in a bath of boiling soapsuds until all the
loose color has been removed. Finally, rinse them free from soap, and
hang up to dry.
When light shades are desired, or when the goods are tender, the
dyeing can be done at lukewarm temperature, and without the addition
of salt, with no detriment to the fastness of the color. In this
case, however, much of the dyestuff will be wasted in the unexhausted
dye-liquor.
_List of Selected Dyestuffs._—
Badische— Kyrogene Brown, R R O
Kyrogene Yellow, G G, extra
Kyrogene Direct Blue, 3 B, extra
Kyrogene Black, T G O
Cassella— Immedial Bordeaux, G
Immedial Yellow Olive, 5 G
Immedial Direct Blue, B
Elberfeld—Katigen Yellow, G F, extra
Katigen Indigo, C L G, extra
Katigen Deep Black, B
Kalle— Thio Indigo Red, B
Thion Yellow, 3 G, extra
Thion Blue, B, conc.
Thion Black, G, conc.
Metz— Thiogene Brown, G R
Thiogene Gold Yellow, A
Thiogene Green, G
Thiogene Cyanine, G
Thiogene Black, M A, extra strong
These Sulphur colors are particularly strong in various shades of
black, blue, and brown. Some of the yellow shades, also, are very
fast and good. The class is deficient, however, in reds—the only one
so far discovered being Thio Indigo Red B (_Kalle_), which really
belongs to the Indigo or Vat colors, described in the next chapter,
and which does not give very powerful shades when used as a Sulphur
color. As a rule, these dyes produce shades that are softer, deeper,
and much less brilliant than those of the Direct Cotton or Salt
colors. Being usually mixed, and not simple primary, colors, they are
not very easy to dye to shade, especially as the color of the freshly
dyed goods changes considerably while it is being oxidized. On the
other hand, they give, without mixing, extremely pleasant tones, and
are all very fast to washing and, at any rate as regards the selected
colors, are fast to light.
When exposed to strong direct sunlight some even of the best of them
are liable to change their shade somewhat; but even then they will
be found to fade to nice, soft shades not out of harmony with the
original. When very great fastness to light is necessary, it may
be worth while to after-treat them as described in Chapter III, by
keeping the dyed goods for twenty or thirty minutes in a hot bath
(not boiling) containing small amounts of copper sulphate, bichromate
of potash, and acetic acid.
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