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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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Hearts & Crosses greeting card

Buy Handmade Cards with Natural Dyes

£3.25

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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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Updated on 22 April 2024
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