Solution Approach
RawSource supplies the base chemicals that go into these programs. We can help with product selection, grade matching, and sourcing from multiple origins for supply security.
Typical Processing Workflow
1
Substrate & Process Assessment
Identify the fiber and process stage (pretreatment, dyeing, finishing) and the performance, hand, and compliance targets.
2
Auxiliary Selection
Match surfactants, wetting and dispersing agents, softeners, fixatives, or pH and sequestering agents to the substrate and bath chemistry.
3
Lab Dip & Dosing
Confirm dose and sequence on a lab dip or pad trial, checking levelness, fastness, hand, and bath stability.
4
Production Validation
Verify reproducibility, fastness, and effluent compliance at scale, and set the recipe and packaging for production.
Recommended Chemistries (4)
Disperse Dyes
Non-ionic, water-insoluble dyes that diffuse into hydrophobic polyester and acetate at high temperature; the only class that dyes polyester
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Reactive Dyes
Form covalent bonds with cellulose hydroxyl groups under alkali, giving bright, high-wash-fast shades on cotton
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Acid Dyes
Anionic dyes that ionically bond to protonated amino sites in wool and nylon under acidic pH
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Direct Dyes
Planar anionic dyes that adsorb onto cellulose from a salt-added neutral bath; economical but lower wash fastness, typically needing a cationic after-fix
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