Mimosa dye?

[buk]

dye* that got your attention !

Can you use the left over plant matter from the soup as a dye? If it were extracted with vinegar would that effect it in any way. Also anyone know the directions for use, just mix some with water and submerge tshirt or whatever? How permanent is it also is there anything you need to do to stop it coming out in the wash?

 

[gammagore]

Im not sure of the specific way to dye these clothes, but id just throw in some t-shirt and boil it up with the bark for like say an hour. Doubt the vinegar will make any difference. The first few washes id sugest that you wash it separately from any other clothing.

buk dude, there is no need to make false thread titles to get peoples attention, a title like this could be a serious question that a new member has. We have members here that will answer almost every question. If anything it will stop people from reading any posts by you.

Please change the title to somthing more appropriate

 

[kyrolima]

Yes you will DIE.
Of course you will die, otherwise you wouldnt be alive.

 

[poquiancho]

As far as i know, the compounds that will dye the clothes permanently are the tannins, that are the responsibles for the colorations in some foods like berries, nuts or chocolate. This chemicals are presents in plants or fruits. I think the Navajos used the skins of some onions to dye theire clothings, but of course i don't know the exact process.

 

[Eden]

Ha, I was just thinking about doing this today. MHRB and "harmala red" shirts to come!

And yea, red and yellow onions both work well as dyes. As a child, I wrapped eggs in onion skins and soaked them for some cool colorings.

 

[buk]

Sorry it was quite bad taste

Thanks for the tips I'll post how I get on with it.

 

[poquiancho]

Ha, I was just thinking about doing this today. MHRB and "harmala red" shirts to come!

And yea, red and yellow onions both work well as dyes. As a child, I wrapped eggs in onion skins and soaked them for some cool colorings.

The extracted turkish red form peganum harmala can be totally used for dye process, i was wondering if the cold water extraction from the roots could be used to make black light-reactive tatoos? Anyone has information on this?? It would be cool to go to my local strip club and watch my tatoos glow in a beauty harmalic yellow!

 

[ragabr]

poquiancho, House had a post, Help.... my face is glowing! on exactly this subject.

 

[poquiancho]

Thanks ragaBRO

 

[ms_manic_minxx]

I was thinking about starting a Mimosa-dyed T-shirt company... with horrendously witty messages, of course.

It would dispel all shadows of doubt if anyone were to ever question my perfectly legal use of Mimosa.