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Industrial Dye Guides & Resources

Technical guides written by our team — because understanding your dye is the first step to getting the colour right.

Reactive Dyes vs Direct Dyes

Which dye should you choose for cotton? Covers wash fastness, application conditions, cost, and the right applications for each dye class.

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Acid Dyes for the Leather Industry

Dye selection, application conditions, fastness properties, and recommended grades for shoe leather, garment leather, and automotive upholstery.

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Solvent Dyes for Plastics

How to evaluate heat stability, migration resistance, and polymer compatibility — and which YOBISOL grades perform best in engineering plastics.

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Common Dye Stability Issues

Diagnose and fix the most frequent dye problems: poor wash fastness, unlevel dyeing, shade drift, precipitation, and colour fading during processing.

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Dye Compatibility Guide

Which dyes can be combined in trichromatic systems, which combinations to avoid, and how to test compatibility before production.

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