Emulsion Thickenings – Possibilities in Textile Printing, TL Dawson, JSDC, 1959, 75(8) p413-421

The use of emulsion thickenings for printing dyes, other than pigment compositions, on both natural and synthetic fibres is discussed.  Theoretical and practical aspects of these emulsion systems are considered and the advantages of oil-in-water emulsions over the water-in-oil type are set out.  The rheological properties  of emulsion thickenings are compared with those of some conventional thickenings, and the practical implications of these results are discussed.  Details of recipes for the preparation of stock emulsion thickenings for the application of a wide range of dyes (including reactive, vat, onium, and azoic dyes) are given, and the technical advantages resulting from their use enumerated.

In addition to the paper in JSDC the paper was presented at meetings of the Northern Ireland Section held in the Grosvenor Rooms, Belfast on 13th January 1959, Mr WJ Macnab in the chair; and of the Manchester Section held at the Textile Institute, Manchester, on. 20th February 1959, Mr JW Reidy in the chair.