Indigo Dyeing

Natural indigo – though costlier and more difficult to dye than the synthetic indigo - brings out different aesthetics (better for many) than the synthetic indigo. And when it is applied on hand spun yarn and then handwoven ,…
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This is a technical article by Harry Mercer on the process of Shade control in Indigo dyeing. This is the  third in the series. The first  and second part of this article were published before . Standard Illuminants As stated…
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This is a technical article by Harry Mercer on the process of Shade control in Indigo dyeing. The first part of this article can be found here While it cannot be disputed that, ultimately, how the individual consumer values color with…
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This is a technical article by Harry Mercer on Indigo dyeing. It is the fourth and the last part of the article in series. The first part can be seen by clicking here and the second one here and the third one here Part 4 of 4: Denim Dyeing…
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This is a technical post by Harry Mercer on Indigo dyeing. It is the third part of the article in series. The first part can be seen by clicking here and the second one here Part 3 of 4: Monitoring of the Indigo Dye baths As discussed in…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer on Indigo dyeing. It is second part of the article in series. The first part can be seen by clicking here Preparation For Dyeing In the previous article, the basic machine factors in Indigo dyeing were…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer. It tells about the  best practices in Sulphur dyeing for fashion denim and was  a part of the presentation made at Dhaka  by him on a seminar on Sulphur Dyes by Fenazol The Nature of…
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Bluconnection – an innovative indigo dye manufacturing company from Singapore has compiled a comprehensive compendium about the history , chemistry and application of Indigo dyes. We are producing some extracts from this compendium . Also…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer Until 1915, most Indigo dyeing was conducted in skein machines for cotton or loose fiber dyeing for wool. Skein dyeing of Indigo is still the best method for dyeing Indigo on very fine yarns for the…
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This is a guest post by Harry Mercer. This is a very technical description – read on if you are technically oriented.. Here are given some important dyeing processes related to indigo dyeing – specially on Rope Dyeing . Pre Treatment…
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