In one aspect, a composition for treating fibers comprises an acidic aqueous or aqueous-based continuous phase and a liquid repellent phase comprising a dendrimer component and/or non-dendrimer alkyl urethane. The treatment composition, for example, can have pH of 2.5 to 6.5. In some embodiments, carboxylic acid is employed in the treatment composition for providing the acidic character of the aqueous or aqueous-based continuous phase. Moreover, the treatment composition can further comprise at least one of an acid stain resist component and soil release component. In some embodiments, fibers treated with compositions described herein exhibit ionic character.

An ink jet ink composition for textile printing including a dye and 5% to 30% by mass of a cyclic amide that is liquid at normal temperature and that has a normal boiling point in the range of 190 C. to 260 C., wherein the hue angle h defined by the CIELAB color space on a recording medium ranges from 15 to 80 degrees.

An overcoat to be applied to an ink printed on fabric or fabric to be printed with an ink, includes: a carbodiimide group-containing compound.

A plant and process for printing a sheet fibrous material. The printing plant includes a conveyor belt, a printing station, and a preparing station. The conveyor belt is configured for receiving the sheet fibrous material and guiding along an advancement direction. The printing station is adapted to ink-print at least part of a second side of the sheet fibrous material. The preparing station is configured for modifying the surface hydrophobicity of at least part of the sheet fibrous material. The preparing station includes a plasma treating device configured to define a treatment environment where a portion of the fibrous material is received. The control unit is configured for commanding the movement of the conveyor belt and controlling at least an operative parameter of the plasma treating device as a function of the movement of the conveyor belt.

A method for coloring of cellulose in a supercritical CO.sub.2 medium by an uncharged hydrophobic dye, including at least the steps including of: (i) provision of cellulose fibers, (ii) placing the cellulose fibers in the presence of: a) an effective quantity of at least one uncharged mono organo-urea primer of formula RNHCONH.sub.2, where R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbon chain possessing at least 3 carbon atoms, or a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon radical, which is bonded directly or via a methylene or ethylene group to a nitrogen atom, and if appropriate substituted under conditions conducive to the forming of a covalent carbamatic bond between the cellulose and the molecules of the organo-urea; and b) at least one hydrophobic dye in a supercritical CO.sub.2 medium, under conditions conducive to the immobilization of the dye on the fibers.

A textile dyeing process is described for dyeing a textile material, product or article consisting of animal fibers, comprising the steps of dipping said textile material, product or article into a dyeing bath comprising at least one detergent substance, a wetting substance, a leveling substance and an acidity regulator; adding to the dyeing bath a coloring substance approved for food use; subjecting the dyed textile material, product or article to washes; and finally subjecting the dyed textile material, product or article to a color fixing treatment.

A binder composition for sublimation-printing natural fibers of the present invention includes: (A) an aqueous solvent; (B) a moisture evaporation retardant selected from urea, glycerine, and a mixture thereof; (C) a (meth)acrylic polymer; (D) a polyurethane; (E) a blocked polyisocyanate; and (F) a paraffin wax.

The present invention relates to a method of dyeing using a salt mixture as an electrolyte with 0.5 to 5.00 GPL of sodium chloride or sodium sulphate and alkali agents I and II to exhaust and fix a dyestuff to a cellulose material in a reactive dyeing. In the method the cellulose fiber is treated with (i) the salt mixture with sodium chloride or sodium sulphate specifically, putting the pre-treated fiber maintained at a pH between 3 and above and an (MLR) maintained between 1:20 and 1:3 at a temperature between 20? C. and above and exhausted for between 15 minutes and above, (ii) the alkali agent I with a pH between 9.5 and above at a temperature between 30? C. and above and stained for between 20 minutes and above (iii) the alkali agent II with a pH between 10.5 and above at a temperature between 30? C. and above and stained for 40 minutes and above.

A printing ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure is an ink composition which includes an acidic dye; a water-soluble organic solvent; a lactam compound; and water, the acidic dye includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Black 172 and C.I. Acid Black 52:1, a content of the acidic dye with respect to a total mass of the ink composition is 10 percent by mass or more, the water-soluble organic solvent includes a glycol ether compound having a standard boiling point of 195 C. to 290 C., the lactam compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone and -caprolactam, and a mass ratio of the lactam compound to the glycol ether compound is 3.5 to 20.

A dye discharge composition exhibiting extended shelf life and/or pot life and high suitability for inkjet printing on dyed substrates, is disclosed. The composition comprises a reducing agent such as, for example, a sulfur-based reducing agent, and a chelating agent, such as a sodium salt of a polyamino carboxylic acid chelating agent. Use of the dye discharge composition in combination with a translucent colored composition and an optional opaque underbase composition, for forming an image on a dyed substrate is also disclosed. Processes for inkjet printing of an image on a dyed surface using the dye discharge composition, kits for use in such processes or an ink formulation containing same are also disclosed.