there's also remedial washing

 luke warm synthrapol bath ,raise the temperature to just before simmer and leave it for a couple of hours if you rejoice in  cheap electicity.

result: all that indigo that would have crocked on your clothes is washed off.

true, the color lightens, but we don't wrinkle our noses  at  faded jeans, do we ?

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dying to dye

and now solar kakishubu on silk. it's going to be here until total absorption

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see you!

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what i've learned about madder

during these gloriously sunny summer days taking advantage doing solar dyeing.

first : time .this was after one day.

second: amount is usually underscored in favor of temperature. one needs LOTS of dyestuff to get good color. a lot over the 50% wog .

after 5 days in the ssun. did i mention time? it's easier to control temps when solar dyeing.  more than once i've left the stove unattended and ended with browns.

some remaining dye doing its magic overdyeing brazilwood. see you next week!

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