Dylon

Dylon International is a British brand of textile dyes and other household chemicals. It was founded in 1946 by the Mayborn Group.^[1] The Mayborn Group sold Dylon International to European homecare company Spotless Group in 2008.

Dye brands include Cold Water Dye, Machine Fabric Dye and Multipurpose Dye.

Hot water dye

This a range of textile dyes which are used at high temperatures. They are reactive azo dyes and dichlorotriazine is the main group present. They require hot fix (sodium carbonate) and common salt (sodium chloride). It comes in 2 colours.^[2]

Machine Fabric Dye

Dylon's machine fabric dye and hand dye both contain reactive azo dyes, triphenylmethane dyes, sodium carbonate and sodium chloride. The reactive groups are either pyrimidine or vinylsulphone. Machine Fabric Dye comes in 32 colours, Hand Dye in 21 colours.^[2]

Multipurpose Dye

This range contains a mixture of 3 different dyes - direct, acid and disperse. Direct dyes are for cellulose based fabrics, acid dyes for wool and nylon and disperse for some plastics. None of these are reactive dyes and are less wash fast than the other ranges. It comes in 26 colours.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.mayborngroup.com/Group/history.asp "History: Mayborn Group"
1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2007.

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Dyeing

Techniques	Batik Dyeing Ikat Kalamkari Katazome Leheria Mordant Reactive dye printing Resist Ring dyeing Rōketsuzome Shibori Tie-dye Tsutsugaki

Types of dyes	Dyes Natural Acid Reactive Solvent Substantive Sulfur Vat Disperse

Traditional textile dyes	Armenian cochineal Black walnut Bloodroot Brazilin Cochineal Cudbear Cutch Dyewoods Fustic Gamboge Henna Indigo Kermes Logwood Madder Polish cochineal Saffron Turmeric Tyrian purple Weld Woad

History	Use of saffron In Scottish Highlands

Craft dyes	Dylon Inkodye Procion Rit

Reference	Glossary of dyeing terms List of dyes

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