Every day, we interact with a variety of paper products, from notebooks and newspapers to packaging and fine arts. The visual appeal of these paper products is often enhanced through the use of colours, but have we ever paused to ponder how these colours make their way onto the paper? The magic behind these vibrant hues lies in the world of pigments, actually in Pigment Paste for writing printing paper.
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Vibrant, colorful textiles have indeed made our world a brighter place to live in. Most of us will be aware that the existence of these colorful textiles has been made possible through the usage of textile dyes. The dyes seep into the cloth changing it chemically and causing the color to remain there permanently in spite of continuous use.
Dyes and pigments are two colorant types that have made a great impact in each and every aspect of our life. Pigments are used in a host of applications ranging from paints, inks, plastics, textiles, automotive, military and hordes of other areas. Ease of application of these pigments is determined by pigment preparations.
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Dyes and pigments are two kinds of colorants that have found their way into every aspect of our lives. As far as the industrial sector is concerned, several types of dyes and pigments are being used in large amounts in a series of applications. Dyes are soluble substances which have an affinity towards the substrate and the industries which find use for them are leather, textile, cement, plastic, paper industry and many more. Pigments on the other hand are insoluble substances and are available in granular or powder form. Their mode of imparting colour is through the reflection of specific light rays. The industries where pigments find maximum use are the inks and paint industry.
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While a good quality pigments or paints can make your customers happy, low quality paint can destroy the customer base. Hence, if you want to win the trust of your customers you must manufacture high quality paint. So the prime question that arises is what determines the quality of paint and how you can meet the expectations of your clients by delivering world class paints and coatings.
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Digital textile printing is one of the fastest developing sectors in the industry. And, why not! It has definitely made the task of printing on fabric much easier as compared to the traditional form of textile printing. Digital textile printing is the process of printing designs on pre-treated fabric straight from a modified ink-jet printer.
What are Pigments?
Pigments are generally coloured, organic or inorganic solid powder, and usually are insoluble. They are not affected physically or chemically in the substrate in which they are incorporated. Pigments can give a full range of colours. Pigments have a variety of applications that includes plastics, ink, and coating application. They are obtained in a powder form and are mixed with a liquid to be used as a solution for several applications.Pigments have become an indispensable item in almost all the industries today. There is no industry which does not have some role or the other for pigments in today’s times. Pigments impart color to solids and liquids and help to enhance their look many times over.
Dyeing in textiles goes back to times immemorial. From coloring textiles with vegetables dyes to the modern day technology of the present era, we have come a long way in textile dyeing. As against the ancient times where dyes were made using natural resources, today most of the dyes are manufactured from petroleum based intermediates and coal tars.
As per our beliefs, agriculture is all about nature and natural colors. It may sound odd that dyes are required to colour the agricultural products. But the truth is that agricultural products are in need of colours as much as the artificial products do. From seed treatment to fertilizer colorants, agricultural dyes have extensive use throughout the world in the agricultural field. Most importantly, unlike in other fields where the dyes are used to increase the visual appeal, agricultural dyes perform vital function of identification and differentiation.
Formation of perfect paint with perfect viscosity, spreading capacity, stability and achievement of perfect color shade has to go through a proper system. Lack of quality or perfection in any of the step of formation of perfect paint can give you undesired results. Like other steps, use of good quality dispersant in perfect quantity is very important in formation of paint.
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