Dyeing other things than skin

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Posted by Alex on August 31, 2001 at 09:23:49:

In reply to: Dyeing other things than skin (hey, Alex!) posted by Lauren on August 30, 2001 at 17:29:32:

Hi,
There is the application of an oil free paste direct to fabric + heat
technique (Catherine and Natasha have both tried this), which will
yield the dark brown stain. There is also at least one other process
for staining/dying cloth that will give yellow/brown. I'm sure I read
somewhere of a process to get orange/red on cloth but I cannot find a
recipie, if you have time read up on natural plant dyes at your local
library I'm sure the info will be in a book somewhere.

Henna will require a mordent of some kind to fix the dye on your
fabric if you are not going to burn the paste in with an iron. Here
are a couple of sites that may help a little bit. Or try a web search
on 'natural plant dye' and see what you get. Happy hunting.

http://www.maiwa.com/Maiwacat14.html
http://beaumonde.asarian-host.org/natldye.htm

Sorry but that's all I know, Alex

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: Hi, : There is the application of an oil free paste direct to fabric + heat : technique (Catherine and Natasha have both tried this), which will : yield the dark brown stain. There is also at least one other process : for staining/dying cloth that will give yellow/brown. I'm sure I read : somewhere of a process to get orange/red on cloth but I cannot find a : recipie, if you have time read up on natural plant dyes at your local : library I'm sure the info will be in a book somewhere. : : Henna will require a mordent of some kind to fix the dye on your : fabric if you are not going to burn the paste in with an iron. Here : are a couple of sites that may help a little bit. Or try a web search : on 'natural plant dye' and see what you get. Happy hunting. : : http://www.maiwa.com/Maiwacat14.html : http://beaumonde.asarian-host.org/natldye.htm : : Sorry but that's all I know, Alex
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