[Sca-cooks] saffron dyeing

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 10:22 PM 11/3/02 -0800, you wrote:

>I was trying for a more natural looking yellow than the screaming neon/Big
>Bird yellow that you get with the current commercial paints.  What I got
>was a muted yellow/gold color similar to a buckskin.  I  like the color but
>have a couple questions.  Would doing something slightly different make it
>a little more yellow? And, will the color leech out onto garb and if so,
>what can I do to fast the dye?

I don't know about setting the dye, or mordants. I do know that if you do
it right it's orange.

0:-D)<=

'Lainie
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