Calcium Hydroxide ( CALX ) | Best Alkali For Indigo Vats | 50g-1kg
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Calcium Hydroxide is one of the 3 ingredients in indigo vats, whether fructose, banana or iron vat. Its also known as hydrated lime, or slaked lime . Chemical formula: Ca(OH)2.It serves as an alkali in many dye recipes. When used in indigo vats, in the fermentation phase, it raises the ph level which helps in dissolving the indigo and in the aid process later on.
It is a mordant for natural plant dyeing. It can be used as a mordant or post-dyeing color modifier. Usually, it shifts naturally dyed colors to deeper, darker shades, turns yellow shades to olive green, red to purple, beige to brown or grey, brown to dark brown, or even black. The addition of iron increases the light and wash fastness of dyes.
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Alum powder, Potassium aluminum sulfate or potassium alum is the most common and oldest mordant for wool, silk, linen, cotton, linen, and many other fibers. It helps fibers form chemical bonds with dyes and improves the wash and light fastness of natural dyes. Formula: KAl(SO4)2·12H2O.
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Citric Acid can be used to lower the PH to the dyeing bath. It is a little stronger than lemon juice, but not as strong as Tartaric Acid. It is useful for lowering the PH only a little. Citric Acid is used as well mainly to shift colors and create new shades. It is also used as an odourless fixative for acid dyes and as an alternative to acetic acid. Expand your color palette with experimenty with it for brighter colors.
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Filler – A mixture of calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate . Bologna chalk has so many different uses in artists world, its added by some brands to their pastel colors making recipe and its added as a filler oil colors to create textural to oil paint without affecting the color.
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Calcium Hydroxide ( CALX ) | Best Alkali For Indigo Vats | 50g-1kg
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