ALUMINIUM ACETATE
White water soluble powder. A strong mordant used on cotton and other plant fibres. Improves light and washfastness, producing deeper richer colours.
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ALUM
ALUMINIUM POTASSIUM SULPHATE Translucent water soluble crystals found near sulphur springs. Used to mordant animal fibres. Be careful as too much alum
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CALCIUM CARBONATE
Also called Chalk A dense white powdery mineral – a common addition to the madder and weld dye bath – providing hard
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CREAM OF TARTAR
(Potassium Bitartrate) Crystalline opaque white powder. Alkali modifier. Used for wool and silk. An optional addition to the alum mordant and to
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CUTCH
(Acacia Catechu) Cutch is both a dyestuff and a tanning agent. It has been used in India since ancient times. This cutch
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GALLNUT POWDER
(Oak gall) A pale yellow powder in granular form. Gallnut is used to mordant plant fibres (cellulose) before the alum mordant is
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IRON
(Ferrous Sulphate) Iron is an ancient mordant found in ore bearing rocks. A blue – green crystal – originally it was known
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OAK BARK
The bark from the oak tree produces tannin which was traditionally used for tanning leather. Tannin is a common mordant used in
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POMEGRANATE POWDER
The powdered skin or rind of the pomegranate can be used as a tannin mordant and a dye. With a mordant a
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SODA ASH
(Sodium Carbonate) White granular powder found naturally in some lakes. Use to scour cotton and dye with woad and indigo. Soda ash
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SPECTRALITE
(Thiourea Dioxide) White odorless crystalline powder. Spectralite is an reducing agent which removes the oxygen from indigo when combined with soda ash.
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TANNIC ACID
Tannin Tannic acid is used to mordant cellulose fbres and fabrics before the alum mordant. Alum does not combine as readily with
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