Dylon International is a British brand of textile

dye A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied. This distinguishes dyes from pigments which do not chemically bind to the material they color. Dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution an ...

s and other household chemicals. It was founded in 1946 by the Mayborn Group.http://www.mayborngroup.com/Group/history.asp "History: Mayborn Group" The Mayborn Group sold Dylon International to European homecare company

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in 2008.

was acquired by

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in 2014 which is the current owner of Dylon. Dylon products are made in the Republic of Ireland. Dylon's former London factory has been redeveloped as the Dylon Works. Dye brands include Cold Water Dye, Machine Fabric Dye and Multipurpose Dye.

Hot water dye

This a range of textile dyes which are used at high temperatures. They are

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s and dichlorotriazine is the main group present. They require ''hot fix'' (

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) and common salt (

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). It comes in 2 colours.

Machine Fabric Dye

Dylon's machine fabric dye and hand dye both contain

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dyes, sodium carbonate and sodium chloride. The reactive groups are either

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or vinylsulphone. Machine Fabric Dye comes in 32 colours, Hand Dye in 21 colours.

Multipurpose Dye

This range contains a mixture of 3 different dyes -

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and disperse. Direct dyes are for

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based fabrics, acid dyes for

wool Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool. As ...

and

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and disperse for some plastics. None of these are reactive dyes and are less wash fast than the other ranges. It comes in 26 colours.

References

External links

Dylon's UK web siteDylon AustraliaDylon's South Korea web siteDylon's Turkey web site
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