Explaining the sandwiching
What is eco resist print There are so many intricate foliage that has very less tannin for them to be used in eco printing. But such leaves and flowers as a resist they work great since they act as ‘blocks’ to stop all the fabric from changing colour; thus making the shapes or silhouettes on the target fabric. Tests with Myrobalan have shown how strong the attraction of the iron is to the Myrobalan. Whenever these components are mixed together it creates a nice purplish-grey. The depth does depend on the strength of both the Myrobalan and the iron. Myrobalan powder is made from the ground nuts of the Terminalia chebula tree. It also goes by the name of Harda Powder. It is believed to have some interesting healing properties in traditional Indian medicine and thus contains no harmful chemicals.It has high tannin content almsot 12% of Chebulinic acid and 2% of Chebugalic acid thus they can also be used as mordants while natural dyeing.
The target fabric for resist eco printed is a peice of cloth dyed in myrobalan solotion. over which the leaves are placed according to your design. A ‘blanket’ is the same thing as a carrier cloth. This is usually a piece of cotton or other absorbent fabric, that is put on top of the fabric you want to print. We will call that the target piece. The most common mordant for a blanket is ferrous sulfate, we call this an iron blanket. This blanket is made by soaking a fabric the same size as of the target peice in ferrous sulphate solution. As the figure explains, the blanket is placed over the leaves and these three layers are sandwiched between two plastic sheets to prevent ghosting or staining. Myrobalan Dyed Fabric
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Myrobalan Powder
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