Re: Mordants bite
Posted by Anon on September 06, 1999 at 05:39:18:
In Reply to: Mordants bite posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 02, 1999 at 04:12:49:
: : 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.....
Ah, *that's* why they usually do the mordants first. Though I have
seen dye recipes where the mordant-type chemical (usually the same
kind as the pre-treatment) is applied with the dye, and even one or
two where what they call a mordant (guess it isn't, by the above
definition) is applied after. I stand corrected -- thanks.