Deliver Luxurious Softness and Volume with Texaux Cationic Softeners
Premium softeners designed to provide a silky-smooth, full-bodied handle and excellent finishing performance for all types of fabrics.
High-Efficiency Softeners for Premium Textile Finishing
Texaux Cationic Softeners are based on fatty amide and quaternary compounds that provide exceptional softness, smoothness, and antistatic properties to fabrics.
They are widely used in cotton, polyester, viscose, and blends, offering a soft, bulky handle and excellent lubrication and sewability.
Their cationic nature ensures good affinity towards negatively charged fiber surfaces, making them highly efficient at low concentrations and compatible with resin and finishing systems.
Why Choose Texaux Cationic Softeners?
🧵 Exceptional Softness: Provides silky-smooth and voluminous hand feel.
💧 High Substantivity: Strong fiber affinity ensures uniform finish.
🌿 Eco-Compliant Formulation: APEO-free, formaldehyde-free, and biodegradable.
⚙️ Versatile Application: Suitable for exhaust, pad, and spray methods.
🧼 Improved Lubricity: Enhances sewability and fabric drape.
Our Range of Cationic Softeners
Clairex-55 | Economical yet effective cationic softener with excellent aesthetics |
Clairex-P | Premium softener with very low yellowing |
Clairex-OC | Premium softener with very low yellowing and superior feel |
Clairex-SW | Substantive cationic softener with superior surface feel |
Texsoft-DM | An excellent modified cationic softener imparting smooth; fluffy and high surface softness, mainly for knits |
Tegisof-CS flakes | An economical hot water-soluble cationic softener for imparting extremely fluffy feel, along with good durability |
Tegisoft-CWS flakes | Cold water-soluble cationic softener in flakes form |
Terrysof-900Y | Highly concentrated Hydrophilic cationic softener with very low yellowing for terry towels and bath mats/rugs |
Advanced Formulation for Superior Softness and Compatibility
Texaux cationic softeners use carefully balanced quaternary ammonium compounds and fatty derivatives to achieve maximum substantivity, smooth film formation, and consistent softness.
They exhibit excellent compatibility with resins, silicones, and optical brighteners, ensuring high-quality results in both batch and continuous finishing lines.
Ionic Nature: Cationic
Application: Exhaust / Padding / Spray
pH Stability: 4.0–6.0
Non-yellowing and low-viscosity grades available
Compatible with most finishing auxiliaries
Suitable For
Cotton, viscose, polyester, and blended fabrics
Garment softening and finishing
Resin finishing and wrinkle-free processes
Hosiery and terry towel finishing
Sewing thread softening and lubrication
High-speed garment processing lines
Sustainable Softening Chemistry
Texaux is committed to developing eco-conscious softening solutions that combine performance and responsibility.
Our cationic softeners are APEO-free, formaldehyde-free, and biodegradable, ensuring compliance with ZDHC Level 3, REACH, and GOTS certifications.
They offer long-lasting softness with minimal environmental impact.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What are cationic softeners used for?
A: Cationic softeners improve fabric softness, drape, and lubrication by forming a thin, flexible film on fibers, enhancing their touch and smoothness.
Q2: Can cationic softeners be combined with silicones?
A: Yes. Texaux cationic softeners are compatible with many silicones and resin systems for enhanced performance.
Q3: Do cationic softeners cause yellowing?
A: Texaux offers non-yellowing formulations (Texasoft-PF) suitable for whites and pastel fabrics.
Q4: Are Texaux cationic softeners eco-friendly?
A: Yes. All formulations are APEO-free, non-toxic, and biodegradable, meeting ZDHC and GOTS standards.