Natural Dyeing
Not a newfound process, it was a common practice in ancient India. Historically done by hand and on small scale.
We at Herbal fab are just trying to revive the age-old dyeing practice followed by our ancestors on a small commercial level on machine to get more consistency and even ness of shade
We have developed the expertise to dye/print with flowers, roots, fruit skins etc. like Pomegranate Skin, myrobalans, madder, Amla, kesu flowers, dhavadi flowers, natural indigo etc.
Result is a beautiful range of earthy shades.
We have a fix palette here of some 8-10 shades and one has to play among those only
Natural Dyeing not only prevents water pollution due to replacement of petrochemical dyes with natural dyes, but likely to pass on medicinal value to cloth as many herbs used for dyeing are having high medicinal value.
Comparison of above Dyeing method with conventional textile processing
Parameters | Conventional Textile Dyeing | Natural Dyeing |
Dyeing | Chlorine Bleach | Minerals, Salts |
Scouring & Bleaching | Coal Tar & Azo Dyes |
Plants, Fruits, Seeds, Flowers, Roots Etc
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Dye Fixing | Chemical Fixers | Minerals, Flowers |
Finishing | Optical Brighteners, Petrochemical Softeners | Natural |
Effluent | Compulsory Treatment Of Waste Water Necessary |
Waste Can Be Used As Manure
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Innovation | Almost 8000 Harmful Chemicals Used |
Almost No Chemicals
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