INDRA DPT 8 F thickener (textile printing thickener) is widely recommended and used for printing polyester fabrics with disperse dyes in direct style.It offers following advantages

1. It passes an international filtration test thru 56 micron stabilized fabric thus ensuring trouble free operation on machine.
2. This textile printing thickener offers excellent color value and brilliancy with very good wash off resulting a very soft handle to the fabric especially after H.T. steaming condition.

Specifications:

• Chemical character: Carboxy Methyl derivative of TKP
• Appearance: Light beige powder
• Ionic character: Anionic
• PH in aqueous solution: 9 – 11
• Indicative viscosity: 35000-40000 CPS measured on a Brookfield Viscometer RVF Model at 10 RPM OF 6 % Solution at 25 Deg. C.
  

Standard procedue for Making Paste:

Required  amount  of powder( normally  2%  higher  than indicative  percent solution)  and add very slowly  to the 80%  of Total volume of water  under  very high speed stirring. Once  quantity  of powder  is fully added, continue to stirr  for 30 minutes.Add  at this time  remaining  20%  water  and continue to stirr  for another  20 to 30 Minutes. cover it  and let it  for min 6 to 8 hours. Stirr  again for homogenity for 15 Minutes  up and down  before  use.

Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage under humid conditions may lead to deterioration of quality

INDRA CMT 5 (Conc.) thickener ( Natural printing thickener) is widely recommended and used for printing polyester fabrics with disperse dyes in direct style.It offers following advantages

1. Natural printing thickener offers the highest viscosity since is manufactured by a unique process as purest carboxy methyl tamarind
2. Natural printing thickener passes an international filtration test thru 56 micron stabilized fabric thus ensuring trouble free operation on machine.
3. This natural printing thickener offers excellent color value and brilliancy with very good wash off resulting a very soft handle to the fabric especially after H.T. steaming condition.

Specifications:

• Chemical character: Carboxy Methyl derivative of TKP
• Appearance: Light beige powder
• Ionic character: Anionic
• PH in aqueous solution: 9 – 11
• Indicative viscosity: 18000-22000 CPS measured on a Brookfield Viscometer RVF Model at 10 RPM OF 6 % Solution after min. 6 hours and as per recommended procedure of paste making

Standard procedue for Making Paste:

Required  amount  of powder( normally  2%  higher  than indicative  percent solution)  and add very slowly  to the 80%  of Total volume of water  under  very high speed stirring. Once  quantity  of powder  is fully added, continue to stirr  for 30 minutes.Add  at this time  remaining  20%  water  and continue to stirr  for another  20 to 30 Minutes. cover it  and let it  for min 6 to 8 hours. Stirr  again for homogenity for 15 Minutes  up and down  before  use.

Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage under humid conditions may lead to deterioration of quality.

INDRA HT-10 thickener (tamarind thickener) is widely recomended and used for printing polyester fabrics with disperse dyes in direct style.It offers following advantages

1. Tamarind Thickener passes an international filtration test thru 56 micron stabilized fabric thus ensuring trouble free operation on machine.
2. This tamarind thickener offers excellent color value and brilliancy with very good wash off resulting a very soft handle to the fabric especially after H.T. steaming condition.

Specifications:

• Chemical character: Carboxy Methyl derivative of TKP
• Appearance: Light beige powder
• Ionic character: Anionic
• PH in aqueous solution: 9 – 11
• Indicative viscosity: 35000 - 40000 CPS measured on a Brookfield Viscometer RVF Model at 10 RPM OF 10 % Solution after min. 6 hours and as per recommended procedure of paste making

Standard procedue for Making Paste:

Required  amount  of powder( normally  2%  higher  than indicative  percent solution)  and add very slowly  to the 80%  of Total volume of water  under  very high speed stirring. Once  quantity  of powder  is fully added, continue to stirr  for 30 minutes.Add  at this time  remaining  20%  water  and continue to stirr  for another  20 to 30 Minutes. cover it  and let it  for min 6 to 8 hours. Stirr  again for homogenity for 15 Minutes  up and down  before  use.


Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage under humid conditions may lead to deterioration of quality.

INDRA HTS-10 LVF thickener (Carboxy Methyl Tamarind) is widely recomended and used for printing polyester fabrics with disperse dyes in direct style.It offers following advantages

1. Carboxy Methyl Tamarind passes an international filtration test thru 56 micron stabilized fabric thus ensuring trouble free operation on machine.
2. This thickener offers excellent color value,higher than a normal tamarind derivative  due to blend of maize starch as CMS,co derivatised and brilliancy with very good wash off resulting a very soft handle to the fabric especially after H.T. steaming condition.

Specifications:

• Chemical character: Carboxy Methyl derivative of TKP
• Appearance: Light beige powder
• Ionic character: Anionic
• PH in aqueous solution: 9 – 11
• Indicative viscosity: 35000 - 40000 CPS measured on a Brookfield Viscometer RVF Model at 10 RPM OF 10 % Solution after min. 6 hours and as per recommended procedure of paste making

Standard procedue for Making Paste:

Required  amount  of powder( normally  2%  higher  than indicative  percent solution)  and add very slowly  to the 80%  of Total volume of water  under  very high speed stirring. Once  quantity  of powder  is fully added, continue to stirr  for 30 minutes.Add  at this time  remaining  20%  water  and continue to stirr  for another  20 to 30 Minutes. cover it  and let it  for min 6 to 8 hours. Stirr  again for homogenity for 15 Minutes  up and down  before  use.


Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage under humid conditions may lead to deterioration of quality.

INDRA CMG/800 thickener (Carboxy Methyl Gaur Gum) is a general purpose thickener derived from guar gum polymer and can be used for varied applications like disperse on polyester for only contour printing,vat dyes directly or vat discharge on reactive ground, also for fine line reactive printing on cotton.It offers following advantages

1. Carboxy Methyl Gaur gum passes an international filtration test thru 56 micron stabilized fabric thus ensuring trouble free operation on machine.
2. This thickener offers excellent color value and brilliancy with very good wash off resulting a very soft handle to the fabric.Sharp prints are obtained.

Specifications:

• Chemical character: Carboxy Methyl derivative of Guar
• Appearance: bright yellow powder
• Ionic character: Anionic
• PH in aqueous solution: 9 – 11
• Indicative viscosity: 17000-25000 CPS measured on a Brookfield Viscometer RVF Model at 10 RPM OF 8 % Solution after min. 6 hours and as per recommended procedure of paste making at 25 Deg C.

Standard procedue for Making Paste:

Required  amount  of powder( normally  2%  higher  than indicative  percent solution)  and add very slowly  to the 80%  of Total volume of water  under  very high speed stirring. Once  quantity  of powder  is fully added, continue to stirr  for 30 minutes.Add  at this time  remaining  20%  water  and continue to stirr  for another  20 to 30 Minutes. cover it  and let it  for min 6 to 8 hours. Stirr  again for homogenity for 15 Minutes  up and down  before  use.


Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage under humid conditions may lead to deterioration of quality.

INDRA CABL/20 (Borated Galactomannan Polymer) is produced from high grade Guar Gum raw polymer. It is specially recommended for printing of acrylic and polyamide carpets. It has following outstanding characteristics.

It is special thickener tailor made to control the dispersion and hydration characteristics due to it's very high viscosity.
It disperses easily in water but hydrates quickly on treatment with an organic acid without forming any Lumps.
After complete hydration, it forms a paste having excellent solubility and rheology.

Specifications

• Constitution: Borated Galactomannan Polymer
• Form: Powder
• Colour: Creamish to pale-Yellow
• PH Value: 8.0 to 10.0
• Ionic Character: Nonionic
• Indicative Viscosity * : 2,000 to 2,500 cps for 1% paste over Brookfield Viscometer, RVF Model, and Spindle No 5 at 25oC and 20 RPM. Viscosity has to be measured only when the paste pH is adjusted to 5.5 to 6.0 by acetic acid.

Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage under humid conditions may lead to deterioration of quality.

Caution: To fully or partially hydrated thickener pastes, fresh INDRA-CABL-20 should never be added.

INDRA REACTOPRINT 500 is made from superior grade special polymer and is general purpose thickener having excellent solubility and is recommended for printing of woven and knitted fabrics with different dyes, especially for African Prints.

The product works very well with Vinyl sulphone Reactive dyes and  hence offers  a cheaper solution  to sodium alginate.The handle is slightly inferior.

However  the product  is not compatible with  hot and cold brand of reactive dyes  and gells.Hence is not recommended 

Specifications

• Constitution: Derivatised Polysachride
• Form: Powder
• Color: Yellow to Creamish
• pH Value & Ionic character: 6.5- 7.5, Anionic
• Indicative Viscosity *: 14,000 ¿ 17,000 cps for 5% paste measured by using Brookfield Viscometer, RV Model, and Spindle No 5 at 25oC and 20 RPM.

Standard procedue for Making Paste:

Required  amount  of powder( normally  2%  higher  than indicative  percent solution)  and add very slowly  to the 80%  of Total volume of water  under  very high speed stirring. Once  quantity  of powder  is fully added, continue to stirr  for 30 minutes.Add  at this time  remaining  20%  water  and continue to stirr  for another  20 to 30 Minutes. cover it  and let it  for min 6 to 8 hours. Stirr  again for homogenity for 15 Minutes  up and down  before  use.


Stability: Storage in a cool and dry place is recommended. In powder form, the product is stable for reasonably long periods as long as the recommended conditions of storage conditions are adhered. Storage beyond 9-12 months may gradually effect a reduction in the paste viscosity.