ECO-FRIENDLY PRINTING ON COTTON WITH NATURAL MORDANTS
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K. SANGAMITHIRAI*
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore – 641 043
Abstract
A study was carried out to print cotton fabric with the marigold flowers as dye source, gum arabic as thickener
and eco- friendly mordants such as myrobalon and pomegranate rinds. Paste prepared using marigold flowers,
myrobalon and pomegranate rinds with gum arabic as natural thickener was applied for printing on cotton fabric.
Colour fastness tests were conducted to assess fastness to sunlight, washing, wet crocking and dry crocking, wet
pressing and dry pressing. The printed samples exhibited moderate to good fastness to colour change. The
staining test showed very good fastness of all samples. The unique shades and soothing effect created by natural
dyes are rewarding than the aesthetic features of chemical dyes. Marigold flowers as a natural dye along with natural
mordant and thickener can be successfully used for printing cotton fabric on a larger scale. The effect of natural dye
and mordants on print and colour fastness properties were evaluated and found to be good for printing on cotton.
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