[Sca-cooks] More uses for Kool-Aid...

[Elaine Koogler]

Actually Kool-aid can be used to dye animal-based textiles such as wool and
silk.  However, it will not work on plant-based fabrics like cotton or linen.
Seems that there's a difference in the contents of the kinds of dye that will
take on the two different kinds of fabric.

Kiri

Ruth Frey wrote:

>   Stefan wrote:
> > For non-period, non-toxic dyes I've also heard of folks using unsweetened
> > Kool-Aid.
> >
> > At least the last is somewhat food related. :-) Note, I didn't say it was
> > food, though.
>
>         I've even heard from some of my friends that
> Kool-Aid can be used as hair dye (if you're a teenager who
> wants green or blue hair, and you live in a really small town,
> you either have to mail-order dyes, or get creative . . .).
>         For a non-Period and non-food use, I've heard that
> a concentrated (unsweetened) solution of lime Kool-Aid can
> be used to clean lime scale/hard water stains off of glass.
> Must be the acid content.  It's very popular with aquarium
> hobbyists because it's relatively non-toxic.
>         It makes you wonder why they bother to market this
> stuff as a drink, when it's go so many other uses ... :)
>
>                 -- Ruth
>
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