Product Profile of Hydrosil 98 Silicone

Britacel are manufacturers of specialty silicones. Hydrosil 98 is a cationic active modified soluble siloxane designed to provide swelling property to synthetic fibres. The following are its unique properties:

• Hydrosil 98 provides additional hydrophillicity to fibres.

• It offers antistatic property.

• Due to durable antistatic and hydrophilicity it allows polyester fabric to absorb dyes faster and to optimum level in short span of dye cycle.

• Hydrosil 98 offers durable soil release properties.

• Clear to hazy liquid

• Used along with dyeing

• Enhanced dye penetration in polyester fabrics

• Disperse dye consumption can be reduced upto 5 to 10%

• Medium dry softness achieved whilst dyeing

• Hydrosil 98 is fully exhaustible

• No silicone spotting

• Fabric needs only drying

• Oligomer removal of polyester fabric and hosiery

• Stable in soft flow and jet dyeing
Used in dyeing 0.5% on weight of fabric for added lubricity and crease recovery property. In dyeing if 2 to 3% on weight of fabric is used it offers durable soil release property along with softness.