SOLVENT DYE

solvent dye is a dye  soluble in organic solvents. It is usually used as a solution in an organic solvent.

Solvent dyes are used to color organic solvents, hydrocarbon fuels, waxes, lubricants, plastics, and other hydrocarbon-based nonpolar materials. Fuel dyes are one use of solvent dyes. Their molecules are typically nonpolar or little polar, and they do not undergo ionization. They are insoluble in water. They form a colloidal solution in solvents. They have poor (basic dyes) to good (metal complex based) light fastness.

used for gold imitation (and other transparent metallic effects) of metallized polyester films. Also used in marking inks, inkjet inks, glass coloration, and so on.

Red and yellow solvent dyes are often azo dyes, green and blue ones tend to be anthraquinone dyes.

Solvent dyes Application：

• for Inks for rotogravure and rubber stereo printing; for coating copying paper and typewriter ribbons; for ball point pens, and in printing inks as shading and brightening agents and for double tone effects.
• for Petrol & Fuel Oils
• for Wax & Candles
• for Cosmetics
• for Wood Stain, Spirit & Varnishes.
• for Coloration of moulding powders, construction material of cellulose acetate, celluloid, polystyrene, polymethacrylates, PVC, P/F, U/F.
• for Leather- spray finishing of dyed & undyed leather.
• for Aluminium foil printing, transparent lacquers, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, vinyl, alkyd, other synthetic resins or shellac.