ONION SKINS | HOW to NATURAL DYE at HOME | How to use POTASSIUM ALUM as a MORDANT | Casa Caribe

When Dyeing with natural colours in order to get a bright yellow we need to pre-treat and mordant the fabric with potassium alum.
in the last video, we cooked together, caramelized onion; in this video, I teach you how to dye with the food waste of that recipe: onion skins
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°°Even if we are using a natural product to dye is important to be very careful and protect yourself with gloves and facemask and work in a ventilated space, also never mix the pots and spoons that you used to natural dye with the ones in your kitchen°°°
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Mordant for natural dye.

[@kathylewis1187]

Your video is so helpful! Is the dye bath warm or cool when you add the fabric?

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi kathy I'm really happy that you find my video helpful 😊 The dye bath is warm, I go from "the extraction of the colour" to the "bath" immediately so the water is still warm. If you extract the colour and you want to use it later, is better to heat the colour and let it simmer with the fabric inside. Thank you 🌿

[@kathylewis1187]

@@CasaCaribe Thank you!

[@kathylewis1187]

Laura, My fabric is in the dye bath now, and the color is a lovely yellow. Have you ever experimented with red onion skins?

[@CasaCaribe]

@@kathylewis1187 That's great💛 I haven't experimented with red onions skins yet, I have seen that you get a brown colour without mordant and more greeny yellow with alum mordant. Thanks for the comment, I will definitely try to dye using red onion skins! 😊 If you do it, please let me know your results.

[@user-xt6vw9mm7i]

Thank you so much for your wonderful video. The internet has become such a foray of pure nonsense it's a breath of fresh air to find "real" content. Nice, simple, straight forward information made with the intention of helping others. Thank you again!

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you so much 😊 the idea of Casacaribe is to provide simple and straight forward information to help others, you phrase it perfectly.

[@user-xt6vw9mm7i]

Thank you so much for your wonderful video. The internet has become such a foray of nonsense, it's refreshing to find real content. Thank you again!

[@CasaCaribe]

THANK you so much for your lovely comment 🥰

[@dayaweerasena941]

u way is simple.tks

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you 😊

[@fabriziolovo]

Un'altra bella colorazione, ottima idea , brava Laura 🤗

[@CasaCaribe]

Grazie mille! 😊 È una bella colorazione!

[@eleonoravecchio2425]

Ooooohhhhhh avevo sentito accento italiano...posso chiedere una tradizione in italiano? Mi piacerebbe moltissimo imparare. Ma nella mia lingua c'è praticamente niente....ti prego puoi aiutarmi? Grazie

[@IlyKawaii]

Aspettavo questo video😍🔝👍🏻💖

[@CasaCaribe]

Grazie mille 💚

[@womenchic]

Che bel colore.... Ottima colazione!

[@CasaCaribe]

Hai raggione è un colore molto bello 💚

[@amenaamir480]

Wow amazing thanks mama

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you 💚

[@lindascarpinato2173]

Ma che bell'idea! Il colore tra l'altro è davvero carino😍

[@CasaCaribe]

Hai raggione è un colore carino 😊💚 grazie mille

[@doritpittman8494]

Yes please! More videos. You make it sounds understandable and simple. Thanks

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you 💚

[@user-zf8xk5cu4u]

love your videos. can't wait to try this!

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you 💚 Tha t means a lot!

[@the_long_wait]

Really beautiful! Thank you for the technique.

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you 🌿💚

[@cindyperez9964]

Very helpful. I appreciate the step by step instructions. 😊

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you 🌿

[@creativeurbanagriculture9379]

Nice presentation..let me try with your experience as well as experiment...wishes

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you so much ☺

[@adrianashome]

Wow🤩

[@CasaCaribe]

💚😍 Grazie

[@laragazzadagliocchiblu6710]

Bello questo colore😊

[@CasaCaribe]

Grazie mille 😊

[@sarinarose2964]

Me encantas y imagino que este es el video mejor para usar mordant. Gracias mucho.

[@CasaCaribe]

Hola Sarina 💚 Muchas gracias! Si te interesa tengo otro video donde explico el mordentado con potasio de aluminio en mas detalle; aqui te dejo el link si quires verlo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GofX6rp8yjb8U Que tengas un lindo dia 🌿

[@marlenealves2903]

Lindo!!!

[@CasaCaribe]

Muchas gracias Marlene ☺️

[@davidanderson4917]

I'm a guy that likes tye-dying and have done a bunch of T-shirts for my family. They have been amazingly popular and my grandkids wear theirs all of the time (to my surprise.) This time I am using a combination of purple onion skins and brown onion skins to see what comes out. I suspect it will be more of a dusky purple than anything else but we'll see. That's the fun of tie-dye. We just experiment until we get it right. I'll see if I can send you a few photos. Thanks for your information and technique. Very helpful.

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi David You are absolutely right! the fun of tie-dye is experimenting and creating different patterns and colours every time. Your grandkids have great taste 😋 I would love to see the pictures of your t-shirts if you want you can tag me on Instagram @casacaribenatural or send them to [e-mail]. Hope you have a great day 😊

[@capricciosaufficiale]

Me ero persa questo video, adesso me lo guardo.

[@CasaCaribe]

Grazie mille 😊

[@BEMET_BHARGAVODEDRA]

Guide for golden colours,thank for vedio

[@CasaCaribe]

Thank you!! 💚

[@aventuraseneldesiertodecal8284]

Que creativa eres, estaría bien en español!!! Vídeos en español siii?

[@CasaCaribe]

Hola! ☺️ Muchas gracias, si, tengo muchas ganas de hacer videos en español, para que los hispanohablantes también puedan apreciar la magia de los colores naturales 😊

[@astrainfortunistica818]

Super like 12

[@CasaCaribe]

Thanks!

[@hicytoledo1109]

Hi i just found ur video just now And been looking for this What can i use f i dont have mordant here in the philippines Thnk u

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi Hicy, I'm happy you found my video :) It's always better to mordant the fabric so that the colour stays there for longer, but if you don't find any mordant where you live there are some options: 1 - use a dyestuff that doesn't need a mordant like onion skins, avocado skins or indigo 2- use the soy milk method to "mordant" the fabric kzbin.info/www/bejne/naOZY3eLl812eK8 3- use wool instead of cotton, protein fabric takes better natural colours, and you will get a great result on wool without the use of a mordant. 4- use Iron water as a mordant, you can create it using nails and vinegar. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4aunHyiZ7uMas0 Hope you have a great day 🌿

[@hicytoledo1109]

@@CasaCaribe thank u sooo much Does the color fades if we wash it with detergent soap? Thnk u

[@harrisonlong644]

great video! can I dye a linen with this process twice? say, for example, I do this process for the first time, but then the colour is too light, can i repeat the process on an already dyed piece of linen?

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi Harrison, Yes, you can do the process twice, but you will need to mordant the fabric again because all the mordant that was inside the fibre already bonded with the dye inside the colour bath. the only exception if indigo ( that does not need a mordant) What dyestuff are you thinking of using? because if is onion skins, you can dye the second time witouh mordant, but the colour will be more brownish. 😊

[@harrisonlong644]

@CasaCaribe thanks for the reply, I made onion skin dye with mordant for linen, the colour is great but I want the colour to be even richer, so I was thinking of repeating both mordanting and dyeing again!

[@CasaCaribe]

maybe you can use more onion skins, with onion skins I normally use a proportion of 100:50; 50 gr of onion skins for each 100g of fabric. but you can use 100:100 😊 Please let me know when you dye the fabric again. Have a great day!

[@sarahdelasestrellas8382]

Grabalos en español con leyenda en inglés

[@CasaCaribe]

Gracias 😊

[@aryamr7703]

Your videos are very helpful and I have a doubt that can I use aluminum alum instead of pottasium alum

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi! thank you so much for you comment 💚 If you can't find potasium alum I suggest to try aluminum acetate instead. You can also try to find aluminum sulfate and create aluminium acetate with it.

[@kricketkitty]

Is it necessary to cook/heat the vegetables to make the dye or would soaking vegetables in a jar of water outside in the sun for 48 hours work equally as well? I have 3 jars brewing now of cabbage, beet, black beans and the water is very vibrant and rich. It's easier to use glass jars in the sun rather than pots and pans on the oven. But I wasn't sure if cooking the plant material was chemically necessary to set the dye or not. Thanks

[@CasaCaribe]

Hello 😊 Love your question. we cook/heat the vegetables to extract the dye faster. but the method you are using is valid as well. is called solar dyeing. I haven't used this technique but I know it gives fascinating results ( and is more environmental friendly)

[@cecilybailey8606]

So in this one you do not rinse the mordant out of the fabric before the dye bath?? Do you scour fabric first?

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi Cecily, Is better to wash the fabric after mordant, to remove the excess of mordant that otherwise will bond with the dyestuff unnecessary. In this video I didn't scour the fabric because I was having a hard time finding all the materials needed ( this was film during the first lockdown in Italy 😪) I wash the fabric really well with regular soap and let it soak overnight. Thanks for the comment 💚

[@simplica1]

I have only alum, which I think is aluminium sulfate. Would it work well as mordant?

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi! if you only have aluminium sulfate is ok, you can also use it to mordant fabric :)

[@anilautomobiles3613]

Onion Water sud be hot or boiling when we drip it in onion water

[@CasaCaribe]

It should be at a simmer point, which means bobbles on the bottom of the pot but they are not boiling yet. :)

[@judithcollins3744]

From just what's in the kitchen: Bring water to a boil. Add 1 tbsp salt and 1 tbsp baking soda as mordant and stir to dissolve. Add fiber or fabric and simmer in mordant bath about 1 hour. ...

[@CasaCaribe]

Hello Judith, thank you for your advice 😉 I would not recommend using baking soda and salt as a mordant; Baking soda and salt don't act as mordant. ( they don't create a chemical bond) If you want to use things you have in your kitchen, I recommend using pomegranate skins to apply a tannin bath to the fabric, this will help the dye to attach to the cellulose fibre. 💚

[@cecilybailey8606]

So why did the dye with mordant come out lighter I do not understand?

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi Cecily! That is a great question! 🤩 At the end of the video I show the difference with a non mordant fabric and a mordant fabric, as you said the mordant fabric was lighter, in fact was more yellowish that the non mordant fabric, this occurs because I used potassium alum to mordant the fabric, PA is a mordant that tends to bond with the flavonoids inside the dyestuff and flavanoid are responsable for given a yellow colour, so the fabric will dye yellow or similar, if we use another mordanting agent like Iron, we will have a fabric with a more rusty and dull colour. Hope this answer your question ☺️ thank you

[@eleonoravecchio2425]

Ciao sei italiana?

[@CasaCaribe]

Ciao Eleonora, no, non sono Italiana, sono Colombiana ma ho visuto in Italia per 7 anni, per questo parlo un po di italiano 😉 Saluti!

[@eleonoravecchio2425]

Hai cmq un buon accento detto da me che sono italiana

[@margheritaventurato4340]

Peccato che non sia in italiano

[@CasaCaribe]

Ciao Margherita, piano piano sto cercando di mettere i sottotitoli a tutti i mie video 😊

[@eleonoravecchio2425]

Ciao vorrei capire,imparare qualcosa? Se non altro la mordenzatura,e più di un anno che vedo video e oggi ho visto x la prima volta questa ragazza.È molto brava ma nn capisco niente purtroppo.Aiutoooooo😊QUALCUNO PUÒ AIUTARMI GRAZIE ❤

[@MsArlette1]

Talk in front of the camera to much

[@CasaCaribe]

Hi Arlette Rosa, I'm sorry to hear that, I have this same video but only with the process, here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYGXg3uIi6tonJI hope you will enjoy that one more. Have a great day!

[@brunoaraujo2869]

Do you think your comment was necessary? That was really unhappy