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Printing is applying colour only to the target areas, thus introducing various colors, patterns, and designs to the textile fabrics. Textile printing is the process of transferring ink to the textile substrates hence printing manufacturers create different patterns by using specific printing techniques & machines. Pidilite is a renowned textile printing chemicals manufacturer.
Factor plays important role in the textile printing:
1. Textile Substrate: Cotton, Viscose, polyester, Nylon, etc. different substrates can be printed by different printing chemicals. E.g., on cotton substrate Pigment printing, reactive printing, Khadi printing and digital printing can be done.
2. Printing chemicals: The right selection of printing chemicals should be done based on Textile substrate, current trends, type of textile printing style, method and ecological requirements.
Textile Pigment Printing:
In pigment printing, insoluble organic and inorganic pigments, which have no affinity for the fiber, are fixed onto the textile with binding agents. It is the cheapest and simplest printing method. After drying and fixation, these prints meet the requirements of the market. More than 50% of all textile prints are printed by the pigment printing method.
A successful pigment printing system is based upon three equally important components:
• Pigment dispersion
• Binder & Cross-linking agents
• Thickeners and auxiliaries give the required rheology
Pigment Dispersion
Most of the pigments used in textile printing are organic, except for carbon black, titanium dioxide (for white pigments), copper and aluminum alloys (for metallic bronze pigments). Proper selection of pigment dispersion plays a very important role in terms of fastness, colour value, dosage, the brightness of printed fabric. Texcron XF series [Pidilite] has excellent dispersion properties in the aqueous system, uniform particle size distribution, slow drying tendency & low viscosity. All products are ZDHC and GOTS certified.
Textile printing binder & Cross-linking agents
The binder film in a pigment print is a three-dimensional structure. The binder is a film-forming substance made up of long-chain macromolecules which, when applied to the textile together with the pigment, produce a three-dimensionally linked network.
Thickener
The print paste also required a thickening agent to control the flow and penetration of the paste. The type and active content of the thickener play a vital role in governing the quality of the prints obtained. The advanced acrylic-based thickeners are generally high molecular weight copolymers of acrylic acids and their esters. Printing manufacturers should focus on the electrolyte stability, sharpness and fastness properties of thickener.
Textile Pigment printing paste consists of – Water, Urea, Liq. Ammonia, Binder, External Cross-linking Agent, Rheology Modifier, Softener, Defoamer, Emulsifier, Thickener & Pigment dispersion Reactive printing, discharge printing, digital printing, transfer printing etc. are also used for textile printing.
3. Type of Printing styles: Fabric can be printed in three different styles: direct, discharge, & resist styles. For more information click
4. Type of Printing methods: textile printing methods are block printing, roller printing, screen printing, heat transfer printing, digital printing etc.
To reduce the hazardous impact on the environment and make it sustainable, many textile printing chemical manufacturers are producing environmentally friendly products which will save energy, water & time and enhance productivity. Pidilite is first Indian Textile printing Chemicals Manufacturer to be registered under ZDHC MRSL level – 3, which has been extensively endorsed by several brands like H & M, Zara, M&S, Levi’s, etc. We are compliant to the Certification of GOTS, Oeko-Tex standard 100 & RSL/MRSL of major international brands.
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