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	We sell a variety of chemicals as mordants, modifiers, fixatives and assistants for your natural dyes and natural dye extracts, including alum, aluminium acetate, cream of tartar, tannic acid, & gallnut extract. More about mordants & chemical names here. Sodium dithionite is no longer available - read more here.

Alum Mordant 50g

Potassium Alum 50 gram -wool, cotton, silk & paper

£2.95

Alum 250 grams

Potassium Alum 250g for wool, cotton, silk & paper - save £6.50

£8.25



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Aluminium Lactate 50 gms

Alternative to Acetate - cotton & plant fibres

£7.25

Aluminium Lactate 250g *NEW*

Alternative to Acetate - save £6.50 - plant fibres

£29.75



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Aluminium Acetate 50 gms

Aluminium Acetate 50 gram - cotton & plant fibres

£7.25

Aluminium Acetate 250g

Aluminium acetate 250 gram - save £6.50 - plant fibres

£29.75



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Chalk 50 grams

Calcium Carbonate 50 gram - for madder & weld

£2.75

Chalk 250 grams

Calcium Carbonate 250 gram - for madder & weld - save £6

£7.75



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Cream of Tartar 50 grams

Cream of Tartar 50 gram for mordanting wool & silk

£2.95

Cream of Tartar 250g

COT 250 grams - save £6.50 - mordant wool & silk

£8.25



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Gallnut Extract 20 grams

(natural Tannic Acid) - dye wool & mordant cotton

£4.65

Gallnut Extract 100 grams

Tannic Acid dye wool & mordant cotton save £5

£18.25



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Iron 50 grams

Ferrous sulphate 50 gram - dye modifier & mordant

£3.05

Iron 250 grams

Ferrous sulphate 250 gram - dye modifier & mordant - save £6.50

£8.75



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Myrobalan Extract 20 grams

(natural Tannic Acid) - dye wool & mordant cotton

£3.75

Myrobalan Extract 100 grams

Tannic Acid dye wool & mordant cotton - save £5

£13.75



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Slaked Lime 250 gm

Slaked Lime (Calcium hydroxide) 250 gm for some indigo vats

£7.15

Slaked Lime 500 gm

Slaked Lime (Calcium hydroxide) 500 gm - SAVE £3.55

£10.75



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Soda Ash 50 grams

Soda Ash 50 gram - scour cotton & dye woad & indigo

£2.85

Soda Ash 250 grams

Soda Ash 250g - scour cotton & dye woad & indigo - save £7.75

£6.50



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Tannic Acid 20 grams

Tannic Acid 20 gram for mordanting cotton

£4.95

Tannic Acid 100 grams

Tannic Acid 100 gram for mordanting cotton - save £5

£19.75



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Titanium Oxalate 50 gms

Mordant for cotton and dye modifier - price now reduced from £4.95

£3.25

Titanium Oxalate 250 gm

Save £5 - mordant cotton & dye modifier - price now reduced from 19.75

£11.25



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pH paper - 20 strips

pH paper book of 20 strips to check acidity in dyeing

£1.75

pH paper x200

10 pH paper books of 20 strips to check acidity - save £3

£14.50



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Acacia Extract 20 grams

(natural Tannic Acid) - dye wool & mordant cotton

£3.65

Hearts & Crosses greeting card

Buy Handmade Cards with Natural Dyes

£3.25



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Note: Larger orders of alum, soda ash and other mordants and assistants will be supplied in multiples of 200 gram or 250 gram packs for your convenience.

Instructions for using your mordants & assistants - click here

Confused about Chemical names - read more about them here

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Sodium dithionite (hydrosulphite/Hydros)
Unfortunately dithionite is out of stock and we don’t have a date for re-stocking! We apologise for the inconvenience. As an alternative, try one of our fermentation vat methods for indigo and woad dyeing! - read the new pages!

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How to contact us:-
Wild Colours natural dyes, Studio 319, Scott House, The Custard Factory, Gibb St, Birmingham B9 4DT, UK

Contact Teresinha for enquiries
Tel: +44 (0)7979 770865
email: info@wildcolours.co.uk


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