TARA POWDER

Product Description

It is wellknown that various plants from the Caesalpinia family bear fruits, called pods,

Whichcontain large quantities of tanning substances. Tara belong to "Casaelpinia Tintoria

Whichcontains tannin of the pyrgallic group and a small quantity of catecholderivatives.

ANALYTICALDATA AND MAIN PROPERTIES

TARA POWDERis fine light brown powder with the following analytical

Values:

Physicalaspect:  Hygroscopic , dust-free , lightbrown powder

Iconiccharacter: Anionic

PCP :Exempt

Activematter (%) : Minimum 93.5

Ph (20% v/wAqueous sol.) : 4.0-5.0

The tanninof   TARA POWDER   ispractically free from colouring substances and

Consequentlyit permits to obtain very bright and lightfast leathers. Moreover,  TARA

POWDER  imparts to leathers fullness and softness,maintaining a fine and tight grain. The

Grain ofleathers tanned  with  TARA POWDER  has a higher resistance to breaking load than

thatobtained with any other vegetable tannin.

INDICATIONOF QUANTITIES FOR SPECIFIC USES

·        ·        The above percentages date are referred onshaved weight.

·        Inthe vegetable tannage : in any proportion , either alone or blended with other

Extracts

Advice : TARA POWDER is light fast butsensitive to iron salts.it is therefore advisable to

Add small quantities of sequestering agent toprevent the formation of stains. The

Information given in this leaflet is, to ourknowledge , correct and complete, No

Responsibility can be accepted for an incorrectuse of the product.