[Sca-cooks] Beet Dye

[ruadh]

the vinegar ! it's cheap photo fixer too.  Ru

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Thompson" <JenniferT at ptb.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:18 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Beet Dye


> >
> > Beet dye? How did you go about fixing it? This
> > sounds interesting...
> >
> > Giano
> >
> >
>
> I must have done so accidentally, since I have been told that it won't
work.
> 8-) Perhaps a reaction to something I inadvertently included? I soaked the
> wool in vinegar water (Wool in bowl, water to level of squished down wool,
> big splash of cheap white vinegar) then pressed the wool down, drained
some
> of the acidulated water and dumped (oh dear, now I have to confess) the
> liquid in a can of beets over it. No mordant, I don't think I added salt
(I
> was doing a bunch (Kool Aid, Easter egg dyes) and it was pretty late by
this
> time) and my kitchen doesn't have potassium ash or anything else in it.
8-)
> I dried this one indoors to avoid the rain that we didn't get, so it
didn't
> get sun. I'll try again and see if I can replicate the experiment.
>
> Lann  (Did anyone else tie the "weyr woman" and the anime threads together
> into Ranma 1/2?) Sigh.
>
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