ADDITIVES & MORDANTS
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Price range: 4,00 € through 12,00 €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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Price range: 3,00 € through 7,00 €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.
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Price range: 5,00 € through 13,00 €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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Price range: 7,00 € through 59,00 €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.
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Price range: 3,00 € through 6,00 €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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Price range: 3,00 € through 7,00 €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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Price range: 5,00 € through 11,00 €
Calcium Carbonate is also known as chalk. It is a common assistant to harden water and hence deepen the colour of natural dyes.Formula: [CaCO3]. Calcium Cabonate It is also used to fix an aluminum acetate mordant or a ferrous mordant.
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Price range: 4,00 € through 10,00 €
Gum Arabic powder ( Acacia Gum ) , A natural gum obtained from the sap of the Senegalese acacia plant, known for its versatility in a variety projects.It can be used as a thickener for inks, watercolors, printing etc..In addition, The uses in cosmetics are widespread, it can be used to make makeup, hairspray, eye contour, creams, gels…It is a natural emulsifier ideal for formulations that contain, in proportion, more water than oil.
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Price range: 3,00 € through 7,00 €
Soda Ash is the common name for Sodium Carbonate Na2(CO3). Sodium carbonate 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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