Multicoloring polyester textile materials with acid dyes

Abstract

A process is disclosed for making a multicolored polyester material dyed with acid dyes for use as the face yarn of carpets, upholstery and apparel fabrics, which comprises treating a polyester material having an affinity for acid dyes with an aqueous solution or a printing paste of (A) a condensation product of (a) formaldehyde and (b) naphthalenesulfonic acid, phenol, sulfonated phenol, diaryl sulfone, urea, melamine, or dicyandiamide; and (B) a reactive or fiber-reactive compound which contains a chromophore, preferably but not necessarily colorless, and has attached to it a reactive group, which reacts readily with a nitrogen atom of the above-mentioned modified polyester material having an affinity for acid dyes, and then exposing same to steam or dry heat at a temperature between 100.degree. C. and 200.degree. C. for a period of 20 seconds to 20 minutes, thereby imparting to the treated polyester material ability to "resist" acid type dyes, so that the localized regions of the polyester material pre-treated with the above-mentioned impregnation-treatment will now "resist" acid dyestuffs applied later in the dyeing process whereby no coloration or coloration to a much lower depth is produced in the treated regions whereas very strong, bright and uniform coloration is produced due to acid dyes in the localized regions which were not pre-treated; thus resulting in a selective, multicoloration of the polyester material in a predetermined manner. The resulting acid-dyed multicolored polyester material is also described and claimed.

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