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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46055 Location: yes
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 23 4:06 pm Post subject: natural indigo ???????? anyone used it? |
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this is for paper, but cloth principles apply to the chemistry
i am not an indigo virgin, the artificial version i could make and use with a rather "unnatural" dye lake and mordant recipe on cloth
i have dipped paper in a bucket of a "natural" mix, it arrived as a stinking bucket so i am unsure of the lake or best mordant recipe, it involved stale urine in making the lake and working outside at the dipping and airing stage
i have good quality indigo leaf and access to assorted substances, kit etc and a decent grasp of rough chemistry
the online how to stuff was less than useful, contradictory, chemically challenged etc
any suggestions?
some of the recipes seemed over complex and/or required problematic ingredients
tis small scale, ten sheets of mid wt cotton paper, less than A4 size
an alkali and deoxygenated lake with the dye dissolved
damp or damp with mordant paper
dip air dip air (rpt), wash and dry, flatten
it should be easy ![](images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif) |
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