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Application of acacia natural dyes on cotton by pad dyeing

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Coloration of textiles, traditionally achieved using natural dyes, commonly employs synthetic dyes at the industrial level. A revival of commercial interest in natural dyes has opened several research avenues. This paper investigates the application by padding of cotton fabric with 10 g/l of two natural dyes derived from the Acacia plant family. Three mordanting techniques were studied; of which post-mordanting produced the most even shade. Among the two mordants investigated, the use of copper sulfate resulted in a level beige shade at 15 g/l concentration while ferrous sulfate performed best at 5 g/l yielding a yellow-grey shade. An optimum process-sequence for the copper sulfate mordant was “pad (dye)→dry→steam followed by pad (mordant)→steam→dry”, and for ferrous sulfte it was “pad (dye)→steam→dry followed by pad (mordant)→steam→dry”. Typically a change in mordant resulted in a different shade with the same dye. The study concluded that padding is a readily adaptable process for the dyeing of cotton using natural dyes and acceptable fastness in shades can be obtained.

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  1. School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Brunswick, Victoria, 3056, Australia

    Saminathan Ratnapandian, Stanley MacArthur Fergusson & Li**g Wang

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Ratnapandian, S., Fergusson, S.M. & Wang, L. Application of acacia natural dyes on cotton by pad dyeing. Fibers Polym 13, 206–211 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-012-0206-9

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