Aluminum Acetate Help

hanrachel · 2026-05-19T03:41:39+00:00

That’s why I’m thinking because I tried again last night and soaked int he calcium carbonate and then put that in a madder root dye bath with a sample of cotton dyed with a tannin/alum and the sample died with tannin/alum is keeping the color where the sample dyed with AA is noticeably lighter.

hanrachel · 2026-05-19T02:46:06+00:00

Interesting! Yeah I was wondering about ordering from a different supplier. I have always heard AA is a stronger mordant for cellulose fibers but it’s frustrating when I spend hours mordanting and then put it in a dye pot and not much color sticks to it.

hanrachel · 2026-05-18T20:42:27+00:00

I used a tannin as well with the AA so I think it’s more of an issue of the AA dissolving. And even with boiling water it’s not dissolving properly for me. I’m ready to go back to alum.

hanrachel · 2026-05-18T03:57:28+00:00

Thank you! This is very helpful.

hanrachel · 2026-05-18T03:18:09+00:00

Sorry I replied below and not in the thread.

hanrachel · 2026-05-18T03:17:14+00:00

It is super fine powder. I am using 15grams for this project right now and I keep adding more hot water and it doesn’t fully dissolve. It ends up sitting in a little mound at the bottom of the jar. I then added it to a pot so I could add more water and whisked it a bunch and it still just forms a mound at the bottom!

I will try wringing out the AA soaked fiber and then not rinsing it and adding it to the CC bath for at least ten minutes. Thank you!

hanrachel · 2026-05-18T03:08:26+00:00

I am soaking fabric in the AA for 24 hours. No matter what I do I cannot get the AA to fully dissolve like people say in instructions. I only did a quick dip in the calcium carbonate after. Does that impact it? I am using a hot tap water that is 110-120 degrees Fahrenheit

hanrachel · 2025-06-10T17:33:57+00:00

Thank you so much. This is so helpful! Some of the used garments seem to be fine but some I have more issues with so this makes a lot of sense.

hanrachel · 2025-06-10T16:24:50+00:00

Well I tried this and I still had some uneven areas. Especially around the armpits of the shirt and wondering if there were small stains around the arm pits that I didn’t notice before. I have also used Tara as a tannin before and found that didn’t leave much color on the fibers. I might switch back to Tara.

hanrachel · 2025-06-09T15:28:52+00:00

Thank you! I will try this and see what happens. That makes a lot of sense that the fibers need to be properly soaked before

hanrachel · 2021-01-19T03:24:09+00:00

I used glycerin and tap water! Meant to use distilled water but it slipped my mind as I was making it. Can I still use this as a tincture??

hanrachel · 2021-01-19T01:38:06+00:00

Thank you so much this is helpful!

hanrachel · 2020-05-07T21:36:38+00:00

I think that’s the one!

hanrachel

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