Individual colours available: Reactive Yellow, Red, Blue, Turquoise, Violet, Black, Golden Yellow, Orange, Brilliant Red, Brilliant Green, Navy
Product Details
COLD DYEING OF COTTON AND LINEN
This kit has been designed to show the latest techniques in low temperature and cold batch dyeing for cellulosic fibres and is suitable for dyeing cotton, linen, viscose rayon and paper.
This versatile kit covers several methods of dyeing which will enable you to achieve either solid colours or creative dye effects.
(A) EXHAUST METHOD: this is suitable for dyeing solid shades and the goods are dyed at 40 – 50 degrees for 1 - ½ hours.
(B) COLD BATCHING METHOD: This method can be used to obtain a variety of creative dye effects. The dye solution may be applied by hand painting methods, resist techniques, ikat, dip-dyeing etc. The dye solutions may also be thickened if required. After applying the dye solutions, the dyed article is wrapped in plastic and left for 8 – 24 hours until the dye is fixed.
(C) RAPID BATCHING METHOD: The dye solutions may be applied by various
creative dye techniques as outlined in (B) above. The dyed article is then
dried and painted with Silicate Fixing Agent. After 15 minutes, the dyed
Article is ready for washing off. This is suitable foe dyeing small articles
quickly,
e.g. small motifs, patchwork squares, samples, etc.
The Kitset Includes:
6 x 20gm dye (Reactive Red, Blue, Yellow, Turquoise, Violet, Black)
200gm Soda Ash
300gm Urea
50gm Thickener
170gm Silicate Fixing Agent
Additional colours available:
Golden Yellow, Orange, Brill Red, Brill Green, Navy.