Cartasol® K Dyes

Highly substantive, cationic, direct dyes, specially developed for the paper industry.


They are particularly suitable for dyeing wood-free paper and board in the stock and at the size press.

Cartasol K - specially designed for you
Advantages of Cartasol K dyes:
High affinity, giving:
- High color yield
- Clear backwaters
- The possibility of adding the dyes late in the stockflow system
The liquid dyes are particularly suitable for continuous addition
Good bleedfastness
Very bright shade
In some combinations of selected F and K-dyes (e.g., tissue dyeings), the addition of a fixative is not necessary since the F dye is fixed by the K dye
The usual Clariant recommendation when both K and F dyes are being used is to add K dye at an earlier addition point than F dyes as superior economics results.
Colored two-sidedness can be reduced or eliminated
Cartasol K dyes are not sensitive to pH variations and can be applied in the range 4 to 9
No loss of yield of the Cartasol K-dyes in soft water below 5°dH, making the addition of hardness (e.g. MgSO4) unnecessary.

Cartasol K-dyes
Cartasol Brilliant Yellow K-6G liquid
Cartasol Yellow K-4GL liquid
Cartasol Yellow K-GL liquid
Cartasol Orange K-3GL liquid
Cartasol Scarlet K-2GL liquid
Cartasol Red K-3BN liquid
Cartasol Blue K-5R liquid
Cartasol Blue K-RL liquid
Cartasol Turquoise K-RL liquid/granules
Cartasol Brown K-BL liquid


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