Skyprint® Pigment Paste

Skyprint® Pigment Paste is substrate-agnostic by nature. Because pigment colorants adhere to fiber surfaces via a binder film rather than chemically bonding to the fiber, the same paste shade applies across cotton, polyester, nylon, wool, linen, and polyester-cotton blends without reformulation. This makes it a practical choice for dye houses and textile mills processing mixed-fiber fabric constructions within a single production run.

Skyprint® Pigment Paste is compatible with flat-screen printing, rotary screen printing, roller printing, and padding and exhaust coloring processes. Its rheological profile supports both high-viscosity print paste formulations and low-viscosity padding liquors when adjusted with appropriate thickeners or water. Mills running multi-method production lines can apply a single paste across different equipment configurations without switching colorant systems.

Fastness performance in pigment printing depends more on the binder system and curing conditions than on the colorant alone. Pairing the pigment paste with a high-performance acrylic or crosslinked polyurethane binder, cured at approximately 140-160°C, is typically required to achieve ISO washing fastness Grade 3-4. Dye houses should calibrate binder add-on levels and curing dwell time according to each end-use specification.

Pigment printing eliminates the steaming, washing-off, and neutralization steps required in reactive and disperse dyeing. Color is fixed by thermally curing a binder onto the fabric surface, significantly reducing water consumption and effluent load per meter. This process simplification lowers operating costs and wastewater treatment requirements, though handle and breathability of the finished textile need to be managed carefully through binder selection.