Wheat Bran Mordant Assist

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We like to use wheat bran mordant assist with aluminum acetate. It contains minerals that help enhance the aluminum acetate mordant and brighten dye colors. Complete instructions are available here. Wheat bran baths can be used several times before discarding. Their enzymes are also useful to remove starch from fibers.

Wheat bran is the outer layer (pericarp) of the wheat kernel. It is the part that gets removed when processing wheat grains into white flour. Bran is high in fiber for dietary purposes but provides a different function altogether when used for mordanting.

A note for gluten allergies:

Wheat bran is not recommended for those with wheat gluten sensitivities or allergies. Our gluten-sensitive friends have reported no problems but everyone has a different tolerance level. Calcium carbonate also makes a good aluminum acetate mordant assist and does not contain gluten. Both wheat bran and calcium carbonate instructions are included on our how to mordant page.

From our Feedback Friday series:

I’ve been using the wheat bran post mordant bath for cellulosic fibers and I’m wondering if it’s possible to dry out the wheat bran and reuse it? Or should I discard it after one use? I checked your blog post on mordanting but I didn’t see anything about it.

This is an interesting question! I have not dried my used wheat bran and reused it but I have reused wheat bran for several mordanting sessions and obtained good results. For the first mordant bath, I gather the wheat bran in a cheesecloth and make a little bag of it, then immerse it in very hot water to obtain a milky liquid. Then I add the liquid to a water bath and add the mordanted goods. For the second use, what I look for is if the wheat bran is still exuding a milky liquid when it’s squeezed. If it does, then I reuse it, adding more very hot water to a small container and then immersing the wheat bran bag in the container to get another round of milky liquid.

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250 grams, 500 grams

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