Category 1: Pre treatment additives (desizing, boiling, bleaching, silk polishing)
Category 2: Dyeing auxiliaries (leveling, fixing, dispersing, promoting dyeing)
Category 3: Printing auxiliaries (thickeners, adhesives, crosslinking agents)
Category 4: Post finishing agents (soft, wrinkle resistant, waterproof, flame-retardant, anti-static)
Category 5: General additives (pH adjustment, soft water, solvents)
Textile printing and dyeing auxiliaries are specialized chemicals used throughout the entire textile processing process, mainly including five categories: pre-treatment auxiliaries, dyeing auxiliaries, printing auxiliaries, finishing auxiliaries, and general auxiliaries. Although their usage is not large, they can significantly improve the quality of textiles, improve processing efficiency, and endow fabrics with special properties such as wrinkle resistance, flame retardancy, and waterproofing.
Category 1: Pre treatment additives (desizing, boiling, bleaching, silk polishing) (1-15)
1. Efficient refining agent
Chemical type: anionic/nonionic compound
Core features: Excellent penetration, emulsification, and dispersion abilities, capable of effectively removing impurities such as wax and pectin from cotton fibers.
Main use: Cotton fabric boiling, used in the boiling process of cotton and its blended fabrics to improve wool efficiency and whiteness.
2. Hypoamylase (alpha amylase)
Chemical type: Biological enzyme preparation
Core characteristics: Specific decomposition of starch slurry, mild reaction, and no damage to fibers.
Main application: In the desizing process, it is used for desizing starch pulp in cotton fabrics, which is environmentally friendly and efficient.
3. Penetrating agent JFC (fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core features: Excellent wetting and permeability, able to quickly reduce the surface tension of water.
Main purpose: Pre treatment infiltration, used in processes such as desizing, boiling, and bleaching to help the working fluid penetrate into the fibers.
4. Rapid penetration agent T (sodium salt of sulfonated dioctyl succinate)
Chemical type: Anion
Core feature: Extremely strong penetration, especially in neutral solutions where the effect is optimal.
Main application: Efficient penetration, used for rapid penetration treatment of cotton fabrics and synthetic fibers.
5. Silk penetrant (short chain sulfate ester)
Chemical type: Anion
Core characteristics: Strong alkali resistance, maintaining good permeability in 240g/L concentrated alkali.
Main application: Silk process, used for cotton fabric silk processing, to help concentrated alkali penetrate quickly and evenly.
6. Stabilizers (sodium silicate/organic phosphonate)
Chemical Type: Inorganic/Organic
Core characteristics: Complex heavy metal ions, stabilize the decomposition rate of hydrogen peroxide, and prevent fiber damage.
Main use: Oxygen bleaching stabilizer, used for hydrogen peroxide bleaching of cotton fabrics to prevent fiber brittleness.
7. Chelating dispersant (EDTA/sodium citrate)
Chemical type: Organic salt
Core feature: Chelates calcium, magnesium, and heavy metal ions to prevent precipitation formation.
Main application: Soft water treatment, used for pre-treatment and dyeing processes, to eliminate the influence of hard water.
8. Sodium sulfite
Chemical type: Inorganic salt
Core characteristics: Reductive, removes residual oxidants after bleaching.
Main use: Dechlorination agent, used for dechlorination treatment after bleaching.
9. Hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide)
Chemical type: oxidizer
Core characteristics: Strong oxidizing ability, decomposition produces reactive oxygen species, and has bleaching effect.
Main use: Oxygen bleaching body, used in the bleaching process of cotton and linen fabrics.
10. Insurance powder (sodium hydrosulfite)
Chemical type: reducing agent
Core characteristics: Strong reducibility, capable of reducing and decomposing pigments.
Main uses: stripping/bleaching, used for dye dissolution, fabric stripping, wool bleaching.
11. Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)
Chemical type: Inorganic base
Core characteristics: Strong alkalinity, can cause cotton fibers to swell and remove impurities.
Main use: Cooking/Mercerizing, used for cotton fabric cooking and Mercerizing processes.
12. Soda ash (sodium carbonate)
Chemical type: Inorganic base
Core characteristics: weak alkalinity, good pH buffering ability.
Main use: Cooking assistant, used for cooking synthetic fiber and cotton blended fabrics.
13. Hemu oil
Chemical type: oil compound
Core feature: Reduce friction of wool fibers during spinning and protect fiber length.
Main application: Pre treatment for wool spinning, used for wool combing and spinning processes.
14. Chemical fiber spinning oil agent
Chemical Type: Non/Anionic Compound
Core characteristics: endowing synthetic fibers with good smoothness, anti-static properties, and bundling properties.
Main application: Chemical fiber spinning, used for spinning and stretching synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon.
15. Cleaning agent (oleic acid amide derivative)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core features: Strong cleaning power, excellent emulsification and removal ability for oil stains.
Main purpose: Fabric cleaning, used for cleaning processes after desizing and boiling.
Category 2: Dyeing auxiliaries (leveling, fixing, dispersing, promoting dyeing) (16-30)
16. High temperature leveling agent (polyoxyethylene ether)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core feature: Control the dyeing rate of dispersed dyes under high temperature and high pressure conditions to prevent color fading.
Main application: Polyester dyeing, used for high-temperature and high-pressure dyeing of polyester and its blended fabrics.
17. Acidic leveling agent (amphoteric/nonionic)
Chemical type: zwitterionic/non-ionic
Core characteristics: Has affinity for acidic dyes, delays dyeing, and improves uniformity.
Main application: Wool/nylon dyeing, used as a leveling agent for acid dye dyeing of wool and nylon.
18. Cationic leveling agent (quaternary ammonium salt)
Chemical type: Cation
Core feature: Compete with cationic dyes for dyeing sites, achieving slow and even dyeing.
Main application: Acrylic dyeing, used as a leveling agent for cationic dyeing of acrylic fibers.
19. Dispersant NNO (naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensate)
Chemical type: Anion
Core features: Excellent dispersibility to prevent dye aggregation.
Main application: Disperse/reduce dyes, used for grinding and dyeing dispersion of dispersed and reduced dyes.
20. Sodium lignosulfonate
Chemical type: Anion
Core features: Natural polymer dispersant, low price, good dispersibility.
Main application: Used as a filler and dispersant for dispersed dyes.
21. Formaldehyde free fixing agent (polymer quaternary ammonium salt)
Chemical type: cationic polymer
Core characteristics: Combining with anionic dyes to form insoluble salts, improving color fastness, and free of formaldehyde.
Main application: Fixing of reactive/direct dyes, used for fixing of reactive and direct dyes on cotton fabrics.
22. Fixing agent Y (melamine formaldehyde resin)
Chemical type: Cationic resin
Core feature: Traditional color fixative can significantly improve water wash fastness, but it contains formaldehyde (limited).
Main use: Traditional fixation, used for fixing direct dyes and acid dyes (gradually replaced).
23. Organic base (replacing soda ash)
Chemical type: Organic amine
Core features: Good buffering performance, stable pH, and reduced emissions.
Main use: dyeing with reactive dyes, replacing soda ash for fixing reactive dyes, and improving efficiency.
24. Low temperature dye promoter
Chemical type: surfactant complex
Core features: Reduce dyeing temperature and save energy.
Main application: Energy saving dyeing, used for low-temperature dyeing of fibers such as polyester and wool.
25. Carrier (o-phenylphenol/methyl salicylate)
Chemical type: Organic compound
Core feature: Promotes the plasticization and dyeing of polyester with dispersed dyes at room temperature and pressure.
Main application: Carrier dyeing, used for polyester room temperature dyeing (now mostly replaced by high temperature and high pressure).
26. Repair agent (amphoteric surfactant)
Chemical type: zwitterionic
Core feature: It can pull the gathered dyes back into the dye bath, re dye, and repair color spots.
Main purpose: Dyeing defect repair, used for repairing uneven dyeing (color spots).
27. Deepening agent (acrylic polymer)
Chemical type: High molecular weight polymer
Core feature: Form a low refractive index film on the surface of the fiber, increasing the apparent color depth.
Main application: Dark processing, used for deepening treatment of polyester and nylon, saving dye.
28. Phthalocyanine solubilizer (sodium benzylaminobenzenesulfonate)
Chemical type: Anion
Core feature: Helps dissolve and chelate copper ions in phthalocyanine dyes.
Main use: Phthalocyanine dye dyeing, used as a special auxiliary for phthalocyanine blue and phthalocyanine green dyeing.
29. Anti swimming agent (polyacrylate)
Chemical type: High molecular weight polymer
Core feature: Prevent dye from migrating with moisture during the drying process and causing color distortion.
Main application: Dip dyeing, used in the pad dyeing process of polyester and cotton fabrics.
30. Substitute base (liquid organic base)
Chemical type: Organic base compound
Core features: Strong pH buffering capacity, good solubility, and no residual alkali risk.
Main uses: Fixing with reactive dyes, replacing soda ash, easy to clean, suitable for large-scale production.
Category 3: Printing auxiliaries (thickeners, adhesives, crosslinking agents) (31-40)
31. Synthetic thickeners (polyacrylic esters)
Chemical type: Anionic polymer
Core characteristics: Strong thickening ability, high color yield, good thixotropy.
Main application: pigment printing, used for thickening pigment paste in pigment printing, can use less or no kerosene.
32. Sodium alginate
Chemical type: Natural polymer
Core features: Good compatibility with reactive dyes, does not participate in reactions, produces bright colors, and is easy to wash off.
Main use: Reactive dye printing, used as a paste for reactive dye printing on cotton fabrics.
33. Printing adhesive (self crosslinking acrylic ester)
Chemical type: Acrylic ester copolymer
Core features: Transparent film formation, strong adhesion, aging resistance, and soft hand feel.
Main application: Paint printing, which adheres pigments to fabrics and is the main component of paint printing.
34. Polyurethane adhesive
Chemical type: Polyurethane
Core features: Good film-forming elasticity, softer hand feel, high fastness.
Main application: High end printing, used for coating printing that requires a soft touch.
35. Crosslinking agent (multifunctional epoxy compound)
Chemical type: Crosslinking agent
Core features: Improve the adhesion ability of the adhesive and enhance its fastness.
Main purpose: To improve printing fastness, used for coating printing, to enhance friction resistance and water washing fastness.
36. Printing emulsifier (alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core features: Preparation of emulsion thickener and stabilization of printing paste system.
Main use: Printing paste preparation, used for preparing oil/water phase printing paste (limited by environmental protection, gradually replaced).
37. Urea
Chemical type: Organic compound
Core characteristics: moisture absorption, solubilization, puffing fibers, assisting in dye dissolution and penetration.
Main use: Active/dispersed printing, used as a co solvent and moisture absorbent in printing pigments.
38. Defoamer (organic silicon compound)
Chemical type: Organosilicon
Core features: quickly eliminate foam and prevent bubble spots from printing.
Main use: printing/dyeing defoaming, used for foam control of printing paste and dyeing bath.
39. Printing anti dye salt (sodium m-nitrobenzenesulfonate)
Chemical type: oxidizer
Core feature: prevents reducing substances in the printing paste from damaging the dye.
Main use: Printing anti reduction, used to prevent the damage of reducing substances to dyes during steaming.
40. Carved white powder (formaldehyde sodium bisulfite)
Chemical type: reducing agent
Core characteristics: Strong reducibility at high temperatures, capable of destroying already dyed dyes.
Main use: Discharge printing, used to damage the background color in the discharge printing process.
Category 4: Post finishing agents (soft, wrinkle resistant, waterproof, flame-retardant, anti-static) (41-53)
41. Amino silicone oil
Chemical type: cationic/nonionic
Core feature: Forming a silicon film on the surface of the fiber, giving it an ultra soft and smooth feel.
Main application: Soft finishing, used for soft finishing of cotton, polyester, and blended fabrics.
42. Hydrophilic silicone oil (polyether modified silicone oil)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core feature: It combines softness and moisture absorption, solving the problem of silicone oil water repellency.
Main application: Moisture absorbing and soft finishing, used for textiles such as towels and underwear that require water absorption.
43. Cationic film (fatty acid amide)
Chemical type: Cation
Core features: Low cost, no yellowing, giving the fabric a full and soft feel.
Main application: Soft cotton fabric, used for conventional softening finishing of cotton, polyester/cotton fabrics.
44. Resin finishing agent (2D resin, DMDHEU)
Chemical type: N-hydroxymethyl compound
Core feature: Cross linked with cellulose fibers to achieve anti shrinkage, anti wrinkle, and stable morphology.
Main application: Anti wrinkle and wrinkle free finishing, used for anti wrinkle, wrinkle free, and shape stable finishing of cotton fabrics.
45. Formaldehyde free resin (polycarboxylate/polyurethane)
Chemical Type: Organic Acid/Polyurethane
Core features: Good wrinkle resistance, formaldehyde free, environmentally friendly.
Main application: environmentally friendly wrinkle resistant finishing, used for wrinkle resistant finishing of high-end shirts and home textile products.
46. Catalyst (magnesium chloride/zinc nitrate)
Chemical type: Inorganic salt
Core feature: catalyzing cross-linking reaction between resin and cellulose
Main use: resin finishing kit, used as a 2D resin finishing working fluid.
47. Antistatic agent (polyethylene glycol ester/quaternary ammonium salt)
Chemical type: non-ionic/cationic
Core feature: Absorbs moisture from the air or neutralizes charges, reducing static electricity accumulation.
Main application: Synthetic fiber anti-static, used for anti-static finishing of polyester and nylon fabrics.
48. Flame retardant (cyclic phosphate ester)
Chemical type: Organophosphorus compounds
Core feature: Promotes carbonization and inhibits combustion at high temperatures.
Main application: Polyester flame retardant, used for durable flame retardant finishing of polyester fabrics.
49. Waterproof agent (fluorinated acrylic ester/C8/C6)
Chemical Type: Organic Fluoropolymer
Core feature: Extremely low surface energy, endowing the fabric with waterproof, oil resistant, and stain resistant properties.
Main application: Three proof finishing, used for waterproof and oil resistant finishing of fabrics such as assault jackets, workwear, tablecloths, etc.
50. Fluorine free waterproofing agent (dendrimer/paraffin)
Chemical type: Acrylic ester/wax
Core features: environmentally friendly, free of PFOS/PFOA, waterproof performance close to C6.
Main application: Environmentally friendly waterproof finishing, used for waterproof finishing of outdoor equipment and daily clothing.
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51. Anti mold and antibacterial agents (silver/quaternary ammonium/biguanide)
Chemical type: Organic/Inorganic
Core characteristics: Inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, prevent fabric mold.
Main use: Sanitary finishing, used for antibacterial and deodorizing finishing of underwear, socks, and home textiles.
52. Anti UV agents (benzotriazoles)
Chemical type: Organic compound
Core feature: Absorbs or reflects ultraviolet rays, improving the UV protection coefficient of the fabric.
Main use: Sunscreen finishing, used for anti UV finishing of summer and outdoor clothing.
53. Coating agent (polyacrylate/polyurethane)
Chemical type: High molecular weight polymer
Core feature: Forming a continuous film on the surface of the fabric, endowing it with waterproof, windproof, leatherette and other properties.
Main application: Fabric coating, used for coating processing of umbrellas, tents, and imitation leather fabrics.
Category 5: General additives (pH adjustment, soft water, solvents) (54-58)
54. Glacial acetic acid
Chemical type: Organic acid
Core feature: Adjust pH to acidic and neutralize alkaline substances.
Main use: pH adjustment, used for dyeing fixation, neutralization of residual alkali, and adjustment of dye bath pH.
55. Sodium hexametaphosphate
Chemical type: Inorganic phosphate
Core characteristics: Chelate calcium and magnesium ions, soften hard water.
Main application: Soft water treatment, used for softening dyeing and finishing water to prevent dye precipitation.
56. Ethylene glycol
Chemical type: Organic solvent
Core feature: Dissolve dyes to prevent freezing and cracking.
Main use: As a solvent/antifreeze agent, used for the preparation of liquid dyes and additives.
57. Glycerol
Chemical type: Polyol
Core features: moisture absorption, softness, and solubility enhancement.
Main use: As a solvent/moisturizer, it is used for printing pigments and soft finishing.
58. Extinguishing agent (titanium dioxide)
Chemical type: Inorganic pigment
Core feature: Reduce the aurora of synthetic fibers and improve visual effects.
Main application: extinction treatment, used for synthetic fiber spinning extinction or fabric coating extinction.
Category 1: Pre treatment additives (desizing, boiling, bleaching, silk polishing)
Category 2: Dyeing auxiliaries (leveling, fixing, dispersing, promoting dyeing)
Category 3: Printing auxiliaries (thickeners, adhesives, crosslinking agents)
Category 4: Post finishing agents (soft, wrinkle resistant, waterproof, flame-retardant, anti-static)
Category 5: General additives (pH adjustment, soft water, solvents)
Textile printing and dyeing auxiliaries are specialized chemicals used throughout the entire textile processing process, mainly including five categories: pre-treatment auxiliaries, dyeing auxiliaries, printing auxiliaries, finishing auxiliaries, and general auxiliaries. Although their usage is not large, they can significantly improve the quality of textiles, improve processing efficiency, and endow fabrics with special properties such as wrinkle resistance, flame retardancy, and waterproofing.
Category 1: Pre treatment additives (desizing, boiling, bleaching, silk polishing) (1-15)
1. Efficient refining agent
Chemical type: anionic/nonionic compound
Core features: Excellent penetration, emulsification, and dispersion abilities, capable of effectively removing impurities such as wax and pectin from cotton fibers.
Main use: Cotton fabric boiling, used in the boiling process of cotton and its blended fabrics to improve wool efficiency and whiteness.
2. Hypoamylase (alpha amylase)
Chemical type: Biological enzyme preparation
Core characteristics: Specific decomposition of starch slurry, mild reaction, and no damage to fibers.
Main application: In the desizing process, it is used for desizing starch pulp in cotton fabrics, which is environmentally friendly and efficient.
3. Penetrating agent JFC (fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core features: Excellent wetting and permeability, able to quickly reduce the surface tension of water.
Main purpose: Pre treatment infiltration, used in processes such as desizing, boiling, and bleaching to help the working fluid penetrate into the fibers.
4. Rapid penetration agent T (sodium salt of sulfonated dioctyl succinate)
Chemical type: Anion
Core feature: Extremely strong penetration, especially in neutral solutions where the effect is optimal.
Main application: Efficient penetration, used for rapid penetration treatment of cotton fabrics and synthetic fibers.
5. Silk penetrant (short chain sulfate ester)
Chemical type: Anion
Core characteristics: Strong alkali resistance, maintaining good permeability in 240g/L concentrated alkali.
Main application: Silk process, used for cotton fabric silk processing, to help concentrated alkali penetrate quickly and evenly.
6. Stabilizers (sodium silicate/organic phosphonate)
Chemical Type: Inorganic/Organic
Core characteristics: Complex heavy metal ions, stabilize the decomposition rate of hydrogen peroxide, and prevent fiber damage.
Main use: Oxygen bleaching stabilizer, used for hydrogen peroxide bleaching of cotton fabrics to prevent fiber brittleness.
7. Chelating dispersant (EDTA/sodium citrate)
Chemical type: Organic salt
Core feature: Chelates calcium, magnesium, and heavy metal ions to prevent precipitation formation.
Main application: Soft water treatment, used for pre-treatment and dyeing processes, to eliminate the influence of hard water.
8. Sodium sulfite
Chemical type: Inorganic salt
Core characteristics: Reductive, removes residual oxidants after bleaching.
Main use: Dechlorination agent, used for dechlorination treatment after bleaching.
9. Hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide)
Chemical type: oxidizer
Core characteristics: Strong oxidizing ability, decomposition produces reactive oxygen species, and has bleaching effect.
Main use: Oxygen bleaching body, used in the bleaching process of cotton and linen fabrics.
10. Insurance powder (sodium hydrosulfite)
Chemical type: reducing agent
Core characteristics: Strong reducibility, capable of reducing and decomposing pigments.
Main uses: stripping/bleaching, used for dye dissolution, fabric stripping, wool bleaching.
11. Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)
Chemical type: Inorganic base
Core characteristics: Strong alkalinity, can cause cotton fibers to swell and remove impurities.
Main use: Cooking/Mercerizing, used for cotton fabric cooking and Mercerizing processes.
12. Soda ash (sodium carbonate)
Chemical type: Inorganic base
Core characteristics: weak alkalinity, good pH buffering ability.
Main use: Cooking assistant, used for cooking synthetic fiber and cotton blended fabrics.
13. Hemu oil
Chemical type: oil compound
Core feature: Reduce friction of wool fibers during spinning and protect fiber length.
Main application: Pre treatment for wool spinning, used for wool combing and spinning processes.
14. Chemical fiber spinning oil agent
Chemical Type: Non/Anionic Compound
Core characteristics: endowing synthetic fibers with good smoothness, anti-static properties, and bundling properties.
Main application: Chemical fiber spinning, used for spinning and stretching synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon.
15. Cleaning agent (oleic acid amide derivative)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core features: Strong cleaning power, excellent emulsification and removal ability for oil stains.
Main purpose: Fabric cleaning, used for cleaning processes after desizing and boiling.
Category 2: Dyeing auxiliaries (leveling, fixing, dispersing, promoting dyeing) (16-30)
16. High temperature leveling agent (polyoxyethylene ether)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core feature: Control the dyeing rate of dispersed dyes under high temperature and high pressure conditions to prevent color fading.
Main application: Polyester dyeing, used for high-temperature and high-pressure dyeing of polyester and its blended fabrics.
17. Acidic leveling agent (amphoteric/nonionic)
Chemical type: zwitterionic/non-ionic
Core characteristics: Has affinity for acidic dyes, delays dyeing, and improves uniformity.
Main application: Wool/nylon dyeing, used as a leveling agent for acid dye dyeing of wool and nylon.
18. Cationic leveling agent (quaternary ammonium salt)
Chemical type: Cation
Core feature: Compete with cationic dyes for dyeing sites, achieving slow and even dyeing.
Main application: Acrylic dyeing, used as a leveling agent for cationic dyeing of acrylic fibers.
19. Dispersant NNO (naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensate)
Chemical type: Anion
Core features: Excellent dispersibility to prevent dye aggregation.
Main application: Disperse/reduce dyes, used for grinding and dyeing dispersion of dispersed and reduced dyes.
20. Sodium lignosulfonate
Chemical type: Anion
Core features: Natural polymer dispersant, low price, good dispersibility.
Main application: Used as a filler and dispersant for dispersed dyes.
21. Formaldehyde free fixing agent (polymer quaternary ammonium salt)
Chemical type: cationic polymer
Core characteristics: Combining with anionic dyes to form insoluble salts, improving color fastness, and free of formaldehyde.
Main application: Fixing of reactive/direct dyes, used for fixing of reactive and direct dyes on cotton fabrics.
22. Fixing agent Y (melamine formaldehyde resin)
Chemical type: Cationic resin
Core feature: Traditional color fixative can significantly improve water wash fastness, but it contains formaldehyde (limited).
Main use: Traditional fixation, used for fixing direct dyes and acid dyes (gradually replaced).
23. Organic base (replacing soda ash)
Chemical type: Organic amine
Core features: Good buffering performance, stable pH, and reduced emissions.
Main use: dyeing with reactive dyes, replacing soda ash for fixing reactive dyes, and improving efficiency.
24. Low temperature dye promoter
Chemical type: surfactant complex
Core features: Reduce dyeing temperature and save energy.
Main application: Energy saving dyeing, used for low-temperature dyeing of fibers such as polyester and wool.
25. Carrier (o-phenylphenol/methyl salicylate)
Chemical type: Organic compound
Core feature: Promotes the plasticization and dyeing of polyester with dispersed dyes at room temperature and pressure.
Main application: Carrier dyeing, used for polyester room temperature dyeing (now mostly replaced by high temperature and high pressure).
26. Repair agent (amphoteric surfactant)
Chemical type: zwitterionic
Core feature: It can pull the gathered dyes back into the dye bath, re dye, and repair color spots.
Main purpose: Dyeing defect repair, used for repairing uneven dyeing (color spots).
27. Deepening agent (acrylic polymer)
Chemical type: High molecular weight polymer
Core feature: Form a low refractive index film on the surface of the fiber, increasing the apparent color depth.
Main application: Dark processing, used for deepening treatment of polyester and nylon, saving dye.
28. Phthalocyanine solubilizer (sodium benzylaminobenzenesulfonate)
Chemical type: Anion
Core feature: Helps dissolve and chelate copper ions in phthalocyanine dyes.
Main use: Phthalocyanine dye dyeing, used as a special auxiliary for phthalocyanine blue and phthalocyanine green dyeing.
29. Anti swimming agent (polyacrylate)
Chemical type: High molecular weight polymer
Core feature: Prevent dye from migrating with moisture during the drying process and causing color distortion.
Main application: Dip dyeing, used in the pad dyeing process of polyester and cotton fabrics.
30. Substitute base (liquid organic base)
Chemical type: Organic base compound
Core features: Strong pH buffering capacity, good solubility, and no residual alkali risk.
Main uses: Fixing with reactive dyes, replacing soda ash, easy to clean, suitable for large-scale production.
Category 3: Printing auxiliaries (thickeners, adhesives, crosslinking agents) (31-40)
31. Synthetic thickeners (polyacrylic esters)
Chemical type: Anionic polymer
Core characteristics: Strong thickening ability, high color yield, good thixotropy.
Main application: pigment printing, used for thickening pigment paste in pigment printing, can use less or no kerosene.
32. Sodium alginate
Chemical type: Natural polymer
Core features: Good compatibility with reactive dyes, does not participate in reactions, produces bright colors, and is easy to wash off.
Main use: Reactive dye printing, used as a paste for reactive dye printing on cotton fabrics.
33. Printing adhesive (self crosslinking acrylic ester)
Chemical type: Acrylic ester copolymer
Core features: Transparent film formation, strong adhesion, aging resistance, and soft hand feel.
Main application: Paint printing, which adheres pigments to fabrics and is the main component of paint printing.
34. Polyurethane adhesive
Chemical type: Polyurethane
Core features: Good film-forming elasticity, softer hand feel, high fastness.
Main application: High end printing, used for coating printing that requires a soft touch.
35. Crosslinking agent (multifunctional epoxy compound)
Chemical type: Crosslinking agent
Core features: Improve the adhesion ability of the adhesive and enhance its fastness.
Main purpose: To improve printing fastness, used for coating printing, to enhance friction resistance and water washing fastness.
36. Printing emulsifier (alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core features: Preparation of emulsion thickener and stabilization of printing paste system.
Main use: Printing paste preparation, used for preparing oil/water phase printing paste (limited by environmental protection, gradually replaced).
37. Urea
Chemical type: Organic compound
Core characteristics: moisture absorption, solubilization, puffing fibers, assisting in dye dissolution and penetration.
Main use: Active/dispersed printing, used as a co solvent and moisture absorbent in printing pigments.
38. Defoamer (organic silicon compound)
Chemical type: Organosilicon
Core features: quickly eliminate foam and prevent bubble spots from printing.
Main use: printing/dyeing defoaming, used for foam control of printing paste and dyeing bath.
39. Printing anti dye salt (sodium m-nitrobenzenesulfonate)
Chemical type: oxidizer
Core feature: prevents reducing substances in the printing paste from damaging the dye.
Main use: Printing anti reduction, used to prevent the damage of reducing substances to dyes during steaming.
40. Carved white powder (formaldehyde sodium bisulfite)
Chemical type: reducing agent
Core characteristics: Strong reducibility at high temperatures, capable of destroying already dyed dyes.
Main use: Discharge printing, used to damage the background color in the discharge printing process.
Category 4: Post finishing agents (soft, wrinkle resistant, waterproof, flame-retardant, anti-static) (41-53)
41. Amino silicone oil
Chemical type: cationic/nonionic
Core feature: Forming a silicon film on the surface of the fiber, giving it an ultra soft and smooth feel.
Main application: Soft finishing, used for soft finishing of cotton, polyester, and blended fabrics.
42. Hydrophilic silicone oil (polyether modified silicone oil)
Chemical type: Non ionic
Core feature: It combines softness and moisture absorption, solving the problem of silicone oil water repellency.
Main application: Moisture absorbing and soft finishing, used for textiles such as towels and underwear that require water absorption.
43. Cationic film (fatty acid amide)
Chemical type: Cation
Core features: Low cost, no yellowing, giving the fabric a full and soft feel.
Main application: Soft cotton fabric, used for conventional softening finishing of cotton, polyester/cotton fabrics.
44. Resin finishing agent (2D resin, DMDHEU)
Chemical type: N-hydroxymethyl compound
Core feature: Cross linked with cellulose fibers to achieve anti shrinkage, anti wrinkle, and stable morphology.
Main application: Anti wrinkle and wrinkle free finishing, used for anti wrinkle, wrinkle free, and shape stable finishing of cotton fabrics.
45. Formaldehyde free resin (polycarboxylate/polyurethane)
Chemical Type: Organic Acid/Polyurethane
Core features: Good wrinkle resistance, formaldehyde free, environmentally friendly.
Main application: environmentally friendly wrinkle resistant finishing, used for wrinkle resistant finishing of high-end shirts and home textile products.
46. Catalyst (magnesium chloride/zinc nitrate)
Chemical type: Inorganic salt
Core feature: catalyzing cross-linking reaction between resin and cellulose
Main use: resin finishing kit, used as a 2D resin finishing working fluid.
47. Antistatic agent (polyethylene glycol ester/quaternary ammonium salt)
Chemical type: non-ionic/cationic
Core feature: Absorbs moisture from the air or neutralizes charges, reducing static electricity accumulation.
Main application: Synthetic fiber anti-static, used for anti-static finishing of polyester and nylon fabrics.
48. Flame retardant (cyclic phosphate ester)
Chemical type: Organophosphorus compounds
Core feature: Promotes carbonization and inhibits combustion at high temperatures.
Main application: Polyester flame retardant, used for durable flame retardant finishing of polyester fabrics.
49. Waterproof agent (fluorinated acrylic ester/C8/C6)
Chemical Type: Organic Fluoropolymer
Core feature: Extremely low surface energy, endowing the fabric with waterproof, oil resistant, and stain resistant properties.
Main application: Three proof finishing, used for waterproof and oil resistant finishing of fabrics such as assault jackets, workwear, tablecloths, etc.
50. Fluorine free waterproofing agent (dendrimer/paraffin)
Chemical type: Acrylic ester/wax
Core features: environmentally friendly, free of PFOS/PFOA, waterproof performance close to C6.
Main application: Environmentally friendly waterproof finishing, used for waterproof finishing of outdoor equipment and daily clothing.
Supplement:
51. Anti mold and antibacterial agents (silver/quaternary ammonium/biguanide)
Chemical type: Organic/Inorganic
Core characteristics: Inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, prevent fabric mold.
Main use: Sanitary finishing, used for antibacterial and deodorizing finishing of underwear, socks, and home textiles.
52. Anti UV agents (benzotriazoles)
Chemical type: Organic compound
Core feature: Absorbs or reflects ultraviolet rays, improving the UV protection coefficient of the fabric.
Main use: Sunscreen finishing, used for anti UV finishing of summer and outdoor clothing.
53. Coating agent (polyacrylate/polyurethane)
Chemical type: High molecular weight polymer
Core feature: Forming a continuous film on the surface of the fabric, endowing it with waterproof, windproof, leatherette and other properties.
Main application: Fabric coating, used for coating processing of umbrellas, tents, and imitation leather fabrics.
Category 5: General additives (pH adjustment, soft water, solvents) (54-58)
54. Glacial acetic acid
Chemical type: Organic acid
Core feature: Adjust pH to acidic and neutralize alkaline substances.
Main use: pH adjustment, used for dyeing fixation, neutralization of residual alkali, and adjustment of dye bath pH.
55. Sodium hexametaphosphate
Chemical type: Inorganic phosphate
Core characteristics: Chelate calcium and magnesium ions, soften hard water.
Main application: Soft water treatment, used for softening dyeing and finishing water to prevent dye precipitation.
56. Ethylene glycol
Chemical type: Organic solvent
Core feature: Dissolve dyes to prevent freezing and cracking.
Main use: As a solvent/antifreeze agent, used for the preparation of liquid dyes and additives.
57. Glycerol
Chemical type: Polyol
Core features: moisture absorption, softness, and solubility enhancement.
Main use: As a solvent/moisturizer, it is used for printing pigments and soft finishing.
58. Extinguishing agent (titanium dioxide)
Chemical type: Inorganic pigment
Core feature: Reduce the aurora of synthetic fibers and improve visual effects.
Main application: extinction treatment, used for synthetic fiber spinning extinction or fabric coating extinction.
