Description
This kit contains 7 exotic colors of natural dye extracts, indigo and all the necessary ingredients to make an indigo vat, two nontoxic mordants, one scour, one color changer, a 48-page instruction book, mask, gloves and pH indicator strips.
The kit dyes approximately 40 pounds of fiber to medium shades.
Contents:
- Cochineal Extract - 0.5 oz.
- Quebracho Red Extract - 2.0 oz.
- Pomegranate Extract - 2.0 oz.
- Cutch Extract - 2.0 oz.
- Madder Extract - 1.0 oz.
- Logwood Purple Extract - 1.0 oz.
- Weld Extract - 0.5 oz.
- Indigo - 2.0 oz.
- Aluminum Acetate - 6.0 oz. (Cellulose Mordant)
- Aluminum Potassium Sulfate - 16 oz. (Protein Fiber Mordant)
- Citric Acid - 1.0 oz. (Color Shifter)
- Cream of Tartar - 1.0 oz. (Cochineal Color Shifter)
- Thiourea Dioxide - 2.0 oz. (Reducing Agent for Indigo)
- Calcium Carbonate - 1.0 oz. (Madder Color Shifter)
- Soda Ash - 4.0 oz. (Increases pH)
- Iron - 2.0 oz. (Color Shifter)
- Scour - 2.0 oz. (Cellulose Washing Agent)
- Hide Glue - 1.0 oz. (Protects protein fibers in indigo vat)
- pH Strips - 10
- Dust Mask & Gloves
- Instruction Book (48 pages with color illustrations) - "Everything You Need to Know about Dyeing and Painting with Natural Dye Extracts"
Note: Kit does not include sodium hydroxide (lye, caustic soda), which is available at your local hardware store.