Mordants bite

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 02, 1999 at 04:12:49:

In Reply to: Re: Recipe Shmesipe posted by Anon on September 02, 1999 at 03:58:20:

: I think eucalyptus and cloves are both mordants (help bind the dye)

Nope.

Mordants come from the word "to bite". Mordants are things you soak
fiber in to half chew it up, to make the dye bind better. That's like
stripping your hair before you dye it..... Strictly speaking, we don't
mordant our skin, unless we're adding gasoline, kerosene or benzine to
the mix. These work...but.... heeeyukkk.

Clove has some very useful tannins that add to the hennotannins:
clove has gallotannic acid. Tea and coffee have tannins. Oak gall has
gallotannins too, so does cutch and betel, and the accacia thing
that's added in India. They're not mordants. They're more dyes.

I still have no improvement with eucalyptus oil. Some eucalyptus
species have tannins. ?

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: : : I think eucalyptus and cloves are both mordants (help bind the dye) : Nope. : Mordants come from the word "to bite". Mordants are things you soak : fiber in to half chew it up, to make the dye bind better. That's like : stripping your hair before you dye it..... Strictly speaking, we don't : mordant our skin, unless we're adding gasoline, kerosene or benzine to : the mix. These work...but.... heeeyukkk. : Clove has some very useful tannins that add to the hennotannins: : clove has gallotannic acid. Tea and coffee have tannins. Oak gall has : gallotannins too, so does cutch and betel, and the accacia thing : that's added in India. They're not mordants. They're more dyes. : I still have no improvement with eucalyptus oil. Some eucalyptus : species have tannins. ? : :

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