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MORDANT MONDAY: Mordanting Cotton & Freezing Clothes
Last week we received an unusual amount of emails and Instagram questions around how to mordant. Rather than keep them to ourselves, we thought we’d share Kathy’s responses! YOU ASKED: I bought aluminum sulfate with the intention of mordanting cotton but I see on your blog that you don’t recommend it for cellulose fibers. Will it still work, just not as well? KATHY ANSWERED: Aluminum sulfate was the first mordant for cellulose and you can use it for cellulose mordanting. The process is to pretreat with a tannin first, then soak in a solution of aluminum sulfate + washing soda … Read more