Conventional polyacrylate or copolymer washing-off agents often struggle to fully remove unfixed dye from fabric, especially when a high concentration of salt remains on it from the dye bath or under hard water conditions. This can lead to excessive rinsing and multiple washing baths. Ineffective washing-off may result in quality rejections due to backstaining or uneven shade development.

Archroma’s trio-polymer “Cyclanon XC-W e” was designed to overcome these challenges, delivering high performance, improved productivity and water and energy savings, with minimal added cost compared to conventional polymer-based products.

Efficient wet-fastness

“Cyclanon XC-W e” delivers wet-fastness by minimizing the substantivity (or “attraction”) of unfixed dye for the fibre. This allows more effective dye removal, reducing backstaining and improving colour fastness, even with the deepest shades. With easier unfixed dye removal, mills can reduce pre-rinsing and the number of washing baths to achieve shorter washing-off cycles and save time, water, energy and chemical inputs compared to conventional polyacrylate or copolymer washing-off agents:

• Up to 15% shorter process time

• Up to 20% less water used in the washing-off stage

• Up to 20% lower CO2 emissions through reduced energy consumption

• Up to 20% reduction in chemical use

Part of the Super Systems+ portfolio

“Cyclanon XC-W e” is part of Archroma’s Super Systems+ portfolio and can be combined with the Blue Magic all-in-one pretreatment and Novacron EC/S reactive dyes to create an end-to-end solution for high-quality dyeing of 100% cotton fabrics. The system is categorized as an IMPACT+ solution within Archroma’s Super Systems+ Impact Matrix. “Cyclanon XC-W e” complies with the latest regulatory and brand requirements, including stringent MRSL and RSL standards. Registration for bluesign, ZDHC Level 3, and GOTS 7.0 are underway.