Colorless tannin oak gallnut mordanting ?
How to use oak gallnut powder: Oak galls are high in tannin and are usually used to treat cellulose fibers before the use of an aluminum-based mordant. Ensure your fiber/fabric has been properly scoured before use. Use 10g oak gallnut powder for each 100g of fiber. Put the weighed powder into a non-reactive vessel, and pour over boiling water. Stir to release the tannin from the powder. Add enough hot water (hot from the tap/faucet is sufficiently hot) so that the fiber/fabric can be co
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🌿 Those are aleppo oak gallnuts. The oldest and richest source of natural tannin from historical Mesopotamia region. Human-being used those oak galls to mordant leather or fabric, to make rich black oak ink, sometimes used as a medicine -antibacterial. 🌿 #aleppooakgall #oakgall #tannin #oakink #naturaldye #mordant #noixdegalle #gal #eichengallwespe # #oaktree #acorn #yarnlove #diy
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