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Bidens pilosa: A Favourable Natural Colourant for Cotton Fabric Printing


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1 Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, India
 

In the present study colour extracted from Bidens pilosa was utilized for block and screen printing of cotton fabric. B. pilosa is a small bush, abundantly found as a weed so an attempt was made to extract colour from this weed and utilize for natural printing. As thickener is a basic requirement for printing of any basic fabric so mango seed starch was used as natural thickener. To enhance printing impact on fabric, ferrous sulphate and stannous chloride were used as mordant and it was observed that mordant enhanced the dye/colour penetration and fixation. Good colour fastness properties of printed samples were observed.

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Printing, Bidens pilosa, Mango Kernel Starch, Cotton, Visual Evaluation, Colour Fastness.
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Authors

Sapna Gautam
Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, India
Archana Sharma
Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, India

Abstract


In the present study colour extracted from Bidens pilosa was utilized for block and screen printing of cotton fabric. B. pilosa is a small bush, abundantly found as a weed so an attempt was made to extract colour from this weed and utilize for natural printing. As thickener is a basic requirement for printing of any basic fabric so mango seed starch was used as natural thickener. To enhance printing impact on fabric, ferrous sulphate and stannous chloride were used as mordant and it was observed that mordant enhanced the dye/colour penetration and fixation. Good colour fastness properties of printed samples were observed.

Keywords


Printing, Bidens pilosa, Mango Kernel Starch, Cotton, Visual Evaluation, Colour Fastness.

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