Re: Quick-Lime Paste?

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on June 17, 2001 at 00:05:45:

In reply to: Quick-Line Paste? posted by Selkie on June 16, 2001 at 22:20:46:

I think you emailed me ....
Here's the answer in case someone else need to see it:

The technique is very simple and widely used across North Africa and
the
Middle East. It's not confined to Egypt at all.

Apply your henna. Let it dry and seal it. Leave it on overnight if
possible. Scrape it off. Make a paste of high-lime cement or slaked
lime. (that does the job and is less vicious on the skin than
quicklime!) Slather that on the hennaed part. Heat that and keep it
on as long as you can manage. Scrape that off.

Quicklime is used to quickly decompose corpses and road kill .... so
DO be very cautious about that! Calcium hydroxide and ammonium
hydroxide have very similar effects on skin ..... and the alternate
technique is to use some form of ammonia. ....stale camel urine, stale
bat urine .... or very, very cautiously, household ammonia. These are
all NASTY on the skin!

What you're doing is zapping the H off the hennotannic acid molecule
by hitting it with a base that swipes H's.

Details are at the links below:

There are other ways of blackening henna ...... go through
http://reverndbunny.sphosting.com/ammoniatrick.htm
http://reverndbunny.sphosting.com/howmix.htm and the whole of
http://reverndbunny.sphosting.com/reverndbunny_sphosting_com.html ...
so you can see how repeated steaming and heating, or addition of
terpines will do the job.

down the rabbit hole looking for ways of pushing henna to near black

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: I think you emailed me .... : Here's the answer in case someone else need to see it: : : The technique is very simple and widely used across North Africa and : the : Middle East. It's not confined to Egypt at all. : : Apply your henna. Let it dry and seal it. Leave it on overnight if : possible. Scrape it off. Make a paste of high-lime cement or slaked : lime. (that does the job and is less vicious on the skin than : quicklime!) Slather that on the hennaed part. Heat that and keep it : on as long as you can manage. Scrape that off. : : Quicklime is used to quickly decompose corpses and road kill .... so : DO be very cautious about that! Calcium hydroxide and ammonium : hydroxide have very similar effects on skin ..... and the alternate : technique is to use some form of ammonia. ....stale camel urine, stale : bat urine .... or very, very cautiously, household ammonia. These are : all NASTY on the skin! : : : What you're doing is zapping the H off the hennotannic acid molecule : by hitting it with a base that swipes H's. : : Details are at the links below: : : : There are other ways of blackening henna ...... go through : http://reverndbunny.sphosting.com/ammoniatrick.htm : http://reverndbunny.sphosting.com/howmix.htm and the whole of : http://reverndbunny.sphosting.com/reverndbunny_sphosting_com.html ... : so you can see how repeated steaming and heating, or addition of : terpines will do the job.
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