VINAPOL VAM
VINAPOL VAM is a low foam scouring and soil suspending agent with wide use in a variety of textile
processing situations.
The product is excellent at eliminating oligomer deposits in polyester dyeing and contaminants in many
scour/dyeing situations where it’s suspending, dispersing, emulsification, and scouring properties are utilised.
It has been used extensively over a very wide range of textile applications.
PROPERTIES
Appearance
Ionic Character
pH (10% solution)
opaque viscose Liquid
Anionic
Approximately 6 – 7
APPLICATION
VINAPOL VAM is being utilised over a very wide range of applications, which are impossible to fully catalogue.
The following are indications of the amounts of product required in some types of process where usage is well established:
APPLICATION
Pre-scouring of textiles before dyeing
Alkaline Pre-treatment of cotton goods
Scour / Dyeing of synthetic fabrics
Hank scour / dyeing of carpet yarns
Reduction clearing / prevention of oligomer deposits in polyester dyeing
Scouring of wool materials
Washing Off of polyester / cellulosic printed goods
Removal of heavy soiling / oil stains from polyester and polyester / cotton blended yarns and fabrics
DOSAGE
1.0 – 3.0% on weight of goods
0.5 – 1.0% on weight of goods
1.0 – 2.0% on weight of goods
1.0 – 2.0% on weight of goods
1.0 gm/litre
2.0 gm/litre
1.0 – 2.0 gm/litre
2.0 – 4.0 gm/litre VINAPOL VAM
1.0 – 2.0 gm/litre sodium hydroxide flake Run at 95°C for 45 minutes
Rinse well
Given the sometimes extreme variations in levels and types of soiling, it is impossible for us to make full and specific recommendations for the use of VINAPOL VAM.
Therefore we ask our customers to contact our Technical or Sales Departments to discuss their requirements directly with us and benefit from our wide experience in these matters.
Additional benefits include
Removal of processing oils from loose fibre, yarns, and fabrics.
Pre-treatment of Cellulosic and blended fabrics where cotton wax and processing stains such as graphite present a problem.
Reduction clearing of polyester and blended fabrics, where it acts as a dye solvent and soil suspending agent.
Scouring of wool and wool blends, in raw state through to worsted type fabrics.
Cleaning of machinery, including high temperature machinery contaminated with polyester oligomers.