PRODUCT LITERATURE

SARABLOOM-SL

(color blooming & deepening agent)

Product Information

Sarabloom-SL is a colour blooming agent specially developed for enchancing shade of cotton, wool, polyester and their blends. It is specially suitable for black and navy blue dyed fabrics.

Sarabloom-SL imparts neutral to redder tone on the treated fabrics.

Treatment with Sarabloom-SL confers soft hand to the fabric and thus addition of conventional softeners can be reduced from the recipe. Sarabloom-SL does not lead to bronzing.

Key Features & Benefits

Key Features	Benefits
Durable	Depth consistency reasonably maintained
	after repeated home laundering
Confers softness	Additional softeners can be reduced from
	the recipe

General Characteristics

Physical apperance	: Milky white liquid
Ionic nature	: Nonionic
pH of 1% solution	: 5 +/- 1
Miscibility	: Miscible with water
Compatibility	: Compatible with cationic, anionic and nonionic products
Stability	: Stable to dilute acids and dilute alkalies

Application

Padding process:
Pick-up	: 65-70%
Bath pH	: 4.5-5.0
Drying	: 110-130 deg.C,
Curing	: 160-170 deg.C, 1-2 min. (wool), 170-180 deg.C, 15-60 secs. (polyester)

SUGGESTED RECIPE
Substrates	Concentration	Colour depth*
Cotton	20-30 g/l	20-30%
Polyester	20-30 g/l	15-25%
Wool and its blends	20-30 g/l	15-25%
Linen and its blends	20-40 g/l	15-30%

* Increase in colour depth depends upon type of dye and substrate.

Coating application for Denim

Dosage	: 20 Parts
Thickener	: 80 Parts
Total	: 100 Parts

pH 4.5-5.0; Coat & Cure at 160-170 deg.C

Exhaust process: Garment drum, winch m/c.

Dosage	: 2-4%
Bath pH	: 4.5-5.0
Bath Temp.	: 30-40 deg.C
Time	: 20-30 min.
Drying & Curing	: 150-160 deg.C

Precautions :

- Any strong mechanical finish like calendering, pressure decatising etc. which can affect the surface characteristics of the finished fabric may reduce blooming effect.

- Blooming effect will not be observed for dyefixed fabric.

- pH of padding solution should be 4.5-5.0. If pH increases to alkaline side, the emulsion becomes unstable resulting in the formation of white specks and ultimately lower colour blooming effect on fabric.

- Make small volume of pad solution to avoid tailing problem.

Precautions

Storage	Store in cool, ventilated shed away from heat and direct sunlight. Storage temperature should not exceed 35 deg C.Close lids firmly to avoid contact with air and moisture.
Shelf Life	8 months from the date of manufacturing, if stored under controlled conditions