Avocado Dye

AVOCADO DYE
AVOCADO DYE
Submitted to :- Dr.Praveen D. Nagarajan
Submitted by:-VIJAY MAHAR
BFT/18/756
Submitted to :- Dr.Praveen D. Nagarajan
Submitted by:-VIJAY MAHAR
BFT/18/756

 Family - Lauraceous
 Species - Persea americana
 Avocado is a perennial plant
 It is a hardy plant.
 Avocado is medium to large ever green plant
 Known as a 'poor man’s butter’ to the King of Fruits
 Most varieties of avocado are oval or round shaped with thick, rough green skin.
 The avocado is native to Mexico and Central America
 Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically a large berry that
contains a single seed.
INTRODUCTION
 I dye with avocados quite regularly so either freeze the skins and
stones, or simply collect them on a plate in the kitchen for a couple of
weeks until I have enough.
 When drying them, I put them on a sunny windowsill or close to a
radiator or on top of my tumble dryer where it gets warm.
 It’s best to dry each skin or stone completely before storing with the
rest of the collection to avoid mold growth.
 Colour will be light pink to yellowish green’
DYE FROM AVOCADO PIT

PROCESS
I followed the basic process below for my first dye test, but it is completely possible to
experiment by pre-treating fabrics, changing the quantities of water and ingredients, the time
spent heating the dye, or by continuing to heat the dye after the fabrics or yarns are added.

 Put eight avocado stones into a saucepan containing 2 liters of water (increase according to
the amount of fabric you want to dye)
 Bring saucepan to boil, then leave to simmer. The colour should start to change within half an
hour
 After dye has turned a deep enough colour, heat can be turned down (I did this after 2 hours)
 Remove the avocado stones and debris, leaving nothing but the dye behind – this could help
achieve a more even colour as any fabric touching the stones could potentially end up a
different colour
 Add fabrics or yarns to the dye (you could continue heating, but I chose to try it with the
heat off)
 Leave for several hours, stirring every now and then until you are happy with the colour (I
left my samples for between 9 – 16 hours)
 Remove fabrics or yarns with tongs, rinse (with a gentle soap optional), and leave to dry
 Avocados aren’t a local fruit for me, and there are so many varieties and factors that may
affect the colours. If you have your own avocado tree in your garden, then I can study how
the colours change across the seasons .
 But when I bought avocados from the shops, they are coming from countless different
sources from around the globe, so it’s the luck of the draw how they will turn out in the dye
pot.
 At some points in the year I find the skins give the best pinks, and at other points the stones
seem better. At other times, I only achieve peach colours from both, and true pink eludes me.
It can be frustrating, but I prefer to see the beauty in all the colours, rather than feel
disappointed. When dyeing with whole plants (as opposed to concentrated dye extracts),
there are no guarantees and the colour is always a surprise. This is all part of the process.
COLOUR
1. Place the avocado in a large non-reactive pot (like stainless steel or glass). The dye could
stain some pots and spoons, so use these only for dyeing.
2. Make a paste of avocado using a mixer and water.
3. After preparation of paste, fill the pot with twice as much water as the paste.
4. Carefully place the fabric in the dye bath and bring to a slow boil and add alum. Simmer
for an hour or so, stirring once in a while.
5. Check your fabric. It will be lighter when it dries. An hour should be enough.
6. Add salt or any other fixative so the color stays.
7. When you get the color you want, take the fabric out and wash in cold water. Expect the
color to run some as the excess dye is washed out
8. Dry the cloth as usual.
DYEING WITH COLLOIDAL METHOD

MY WORK
1. Dry the avocado pit for 2-3 days, there should not be any water content.
2. Make powder of the dried avocado.
3. After preparation of powder, fill the pot with twice as much water as the powder made.
4. Carefully place the fabric in the dye bath and bring to a slow boil and add alum. Simmer
for an hour or so, stirring once in a while.
5. Check your fabric. It will be lighter when it dries. An hour should produce nice color.
6. Add salt or any other fixative so the color stays.
7. When you get the color you want, take the fabric out and wash in cold water. Expect the
color to run some as the excess dye is washed out
8. Dry the cloth as usual.
DYEING BY DRY METHOD

DYEING WITH DRY AVOCADO

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