Waterles dying processes.

Natural Indigo dyeing.

I need to research more about waterless dying that can enrich my garments and encourage that message about how water does not need to be used in order to create colourful clothing.

 http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/html/indigo.html


Cotton is one of the world’s most popular fabrics for clothes. With indigo there is no need to mordant the fabric beforehand. Mordanting is a time-consuming process but most other natural dyes require you to mordant the cotton first. The original blue jeans were dyed with indigo.

Indigo was traditionally used to dye blue cloth in Japan. Indigo dye was long-lasting and practical, did not show the dirt and the Japanese believed that indigo dye protected the material against moths and insects.

I have noticed that even though Inidgo is a natural dying compound, you still need to use a large amount of water to create just a minor amount of fabric. -- I need to research ways of cleaning and purifying indigo-dyed water.

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/09/treated-fibers-clean-dye-polluted-waters

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/techtiles/problem-indigo


http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/178/art%253A10.1186%252Fs40691-014-0016-3.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1186%2Fs40691-014-0016-3&token2=exp=1461670082~acl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F178%2Fart%25253A10.1186%25252Fs40691-014-0016-3.pdf%3ForiginUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1186%252Fs40691-014-0016-3*~hmac=8e93b58b050c41b235908fab7b31eabfdeaa18f51a52b457e06a75e62a5ade17



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20389008

cationic hydrogels
sodium permanganate

Fique fibres from the fique plant purifies indigo-dyed fabric.


http://conservationmagazine.org/2013/12/fique-plant-cleans-up-dye/

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/gc/c3gc40911b#!divAbstract -- Nano-enabled fique fibres.

https://36readyblog.com/2013/01/12/water-purification-simple-and-inexpensive-methods/

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=05ORCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=fique+fibres&source=bl&ots=LE6ncKii2b&sig=7znieV_U2I-3BGzkOLreiOWfe1I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia6Z2NnKzMAhVaOMAKHRtVBMIQ6AEIQjAG#v=onepage&q=fique%20fibres&f=false



After researching all these websites above, I have finally discovered a way of cleaning the water after it has been chemically contaminated with Indigo dye.
ChemistryLand. com conducted an experiement to see which resins would absorb the colour and toxins from the dyed water. Activated Charcoal was successful in filtering both the colour and toxins in the water.

http://www.chemistryland.com/CHM107Lab/Lab5/Filters/Lab5Exp2filters.html
Activated charcoal means it has been heated to increase its ability to absorb molecules. It is also used to filter and purify liquids, to absorb poisons (as in gas mask filters), and in emergency situations to neutralize swallowed poisons.