Alum Aluminum Sulfate Marbling

This package contains one pound of aluminum sulfate.

Alum aluminum sulfate marbling.

Put 1 teaspoon of alum into 1 cup of water. Of fiber for natural dye baths. It ensures that designs transfer clearly to fabric or paper surfaces. It forms cubic or octahedral crystals that are.

The alum helps the pigments used in marbling to adhere to the paper. Alum is a powdered presoak used to treat fabric or for marbling. If alum is not applied to the paper before marbling most of the color will rinse off. Fabric will be ready to marble when dry and it may be ironed before marbling.

Dissolve 2 teaspoons 10 grams of alum in 1 qt 0 95 l of water. Al 2 so 4 3 k 2 so 4 24h 2 o this product looses 18 h 2 o at 92 5 o c and becomes anhydrous at 200 o c. Spice rack alum does not work well. Without a mordant the pigments will slide off the paper.

Used as a mordant in natural dyeing and for preparing fabrics for marbling. The alum should be pure aluminum sulphate. Use 1 75 tsp per lb. Make your project a success with aluminum sulfate.

For natural dyers who prefer we also now carry potassium aluminum sulfate as well as aluminum acetate. Dissolve 2 teaspoons 10 grams of alum in 1 gal 3 79 l of warm water. Alum or potassium aluminum sulfate is a chemical often used as a food preservative. Alum is also used with some natural dyes as a mordant.

A white crystalline compound used in solution for coating paper prior to marbling for setting dyes on fabrics and other applications. Available in 1 5 and 25 lb.