Abstract: A dyeing process comprising a number of liquid treatment steps such as washing and rinsing, after the application of the dyeing liquor to the textile, the fabric being centrifuged after each treatment step; and a centrifuge adapted for carrying out the centrifugation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing "one off effect" dyeings on paper or textile material comprising:passing (preferably drawing) the material continuously through an application zone containing a number of loosely-packed applicator elements, which elements contact and can apply treatment medium to the material in response to the motion of the material, the applicator elements being continuously or intermittently contacted with a treatment medium (preferably a solution containing a dyestuff or etching compound), whereby the "one off effect" is produced by the passage of the material under or through the elements, onto which the medium has been applied.

Abstract: A substrate to which a dyestuff or optical brightener has been applied is aftertreated with a cationic or protonatable polymeric Product P selected from:(A) a polymeric reaction product, Product A, of a monofunctional or polyfunctional amine having one or more primary and/or secondary and/or tertiary amino groups with cyanamide, dicyanamide, guanidine or bisguanidine in which up to 50 mole percent of the cyanamide, dicyanamide, guanidine or bisguanidine may be replaced by a dicarboxylic acid or a mono- or di-ester thereof, with the splitting off ammonia, optionally in the presence of a catalyst; Product A containing at least one free hydrogen atom linked to a nitrogen atom; or(B) the polymeric reaction product, Product B, of Product A with(a) epichlorohydrin or a precursor thereof; or(b) an N-methylol derivative of a urea, melamine, guanamine, triazinone, urone, carbamate or acid amine optionally in the presence of a catalyst for crosslinking N-methylol compounds; or(c) a water-soluble homo- or co-polymer, Pr

Abstract: The invention refers to a mixture of anionic dyestuffs having a skitteriness value at pH5 of 3-4 and a combinability value at pH5 of 4-5 and to a process for dyeing a fibre material comprising wool with such a mixture of dyestuffs. These mixtures of anionic dyestuffs give surface and fibre level dyeings.

Abstract: A process for dyeing a mixed fibrous substrate comprising applying to the substrate at least one disperse dye and at least one metal containing direct and/or reactive dye in the presence of a complexing agent having a stability constant K value with the metal of the direct or reactive dye of from 6 to 17 inclusive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of anti-shrink treated wool dyeings in which wool is dyed with acid milling or metal complex dyes either before, after or between the steps of an anti-shrink treatment and, after the dyeing or the anti-shrink treatment or one of the steps of the anti-shrink treatment subsequent to the dyeing, is after-treated with a liquor containing a cationic fixing agent and a levelling/retarding agent having affinity for wool dyestuffs, and to a composition usable for such a process.