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Küpenfarbstoff

English translation: vat dye

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German term or phrase:Küpenfarbstoff
English translation:vat dye
Entered by: Holly Hart

02:33 Jan 31, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / science of textile dyes and pigments
German term or phrase: Küpenfarbstoff
Laut den Rezeptangaben müsste es sich um Küpenfarbstoffkomponenten handeln. Aufgrund der Untersuchungen bestehen die Flecken zur Hauptsache aus Silikonen und Küpenfarbstoffanteilen.
These sentences occur in a description of lab tests (extractions with organic chemicals) used to determine the composition of some spots in textile fabric.
Holly Hart
United States
Local time: 00:49
vat dye
Explanation:
Schuberts Fachwörterbuch Textil
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Heidi Lind
United States
Local time: 01:49
Grading comment
Spot on! as they say in GB.
(This translation had to do with the origins of some unwanted spots on fabric...) Thanks for the speedy answer!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5vat dye
Heidi Lind


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
vat dye


Explanation:
Schuberts Fachwörterbuch Textil

Heidi Lind
United States
Local time: 01:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Spot on! as they say in GB.
(This translation had to do with the origins of some unwanted spots on fabric...) Thanks for the speedy answer!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brigitte Albert (X): www.uni-regensburg.de/FakulThis is a bilingual site in German and English: Dyeing with Vat Dyes"Vat dyeing" means dyeing in a bucket or vat. Vat dyes are insoluble in water and incapable of dyeing fibers directly. Reduction in alkaline medium produces ...
0 min
agree  John Fenz: See many, many patents with Küpenfarbstoff/Vat Dye at WIPO http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
1 min
agree  Edith Kelly
2 hrs
agree  Gillian Scheibelein
4 hrs
agree  Judith Lang
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