Cream Of Tartar | Color Modifier – Mordant For Wool | Natural Dyes | 50g-1kg
8,75 €–73,75 €Price range: 8,75 € through 73,75 €
Cream of tartar, a byproduct of winemaking, is not just a kitchen staple but also a hidden gem in the world of natural dyeing. This versatile compound, scientifically known as potassium bitartrate, offers a range of benefits as it acts as a mordant, helping dyes bind more effectively to specifically protein or animal fibers. Cream of tartar is used to soften wool and brighten shades, in addition to being used to shifts the dye color and is used for the same purpose in the watercolors world. Moreover, it enhances the dye’s adherence to the fabric, ensuring that your natural dyeing projects maintain their beauty even after multiple washes.
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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Soda Ash is the common name for Sodium Carbonate Na2(CO3). Sodiumcarbonate is used to scour cloth, as an alkali, and as part of the mordant process for cellulose fibres. It is as a main color shifter and to create new shades.
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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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Cream Of Tartar | Color Modifier - Mordant For Wool | Natural Dyes | 50g-1kg
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