Dyes & Detergents
Dyes and detergents are essential to many everyday and industrial processes—enabling color control, staining/whitening performance, soil removal, and surface cleanliness. They are widely used across textiles, personal and home care, industrial cleaning, coatings and inks, paper, plastics, water treatment, and manufacturing process lines. Because performance is strongly tied to chemistry and formulation balance, even small shifts in composition can lead to visible differences in color shade, foaming behavior, cleaning efficiency, residue, and stability.
We provide analytical testing and materials characterization for dyes, pigments (project-dependent), surfactants, builders, additives, and finished detergent/cleaning products, supporting R&D, incoming QC, batch release, supplier qualification, and troubleshooting. Our multi-technique approach produces clear, decision-ready results—from rapid fingerprint comparisons to deep impurity and residue identification.
Why Testing Matters for Dyes & Detergents
Dye and detergent performance depends on consistent control of:
Color strength and spectral profile (shade consistency and appearance)
Active surfactant content and formulation balance (cleaning, wetting, emulsification)
Impurities and degradation products (odor, discoloration, stability drift)
Ionic composition and salts (viscosity/phase behavior, residue formation, corrosion risk)
Volatiles and fragrance-related components (project-dependent)
Residues/films left on surfaces (streaking, hazing, re-soiling, compatibility issues)
Our lab supports both routine QC and deeper investigations using complementary techniques designed for complex formulated products.
FAQs
Can you quantify “color” for finished products?
We can provide UV-Vis spectral characterization and comparison. If you have a defined color metric requirement, we can align reporting to your specification approach.
Can you identify what causes discoloration over time?
Often yes. We typically combine impurity/degradation profiling with ion/metal screening (when relevant) to identify likely drivers.
Do you support residue/film complaints (streaking/hazing)?
Yes. We can identify residue composition (organic/inorganic) and help differentiate sources such as formulation imbalance, water hardness ions, or process contamination.
What if my detergent formulation is complex?
That’s common. We use orthogonal tools and comparison strategies (reference lot) to isolate meaningful differences.
Do you need a reference/control sample?
Strongly recommended—especially for shade drift, odor changes, and stability comparisons.
Can you help with supplier qualification?
Yes. We can design an equivalency panel combining key actives, fingerprints, and relevant ions/metals to support procurement decisions.