Food-safe ingredient: Allows safe use in textile dyeing and craft projects
Essential for indigo vat: Required for creating traditional indigo blue dyes
Versatile alkali: Can be used in various dyeing processes including fructose, iron, and henna vats
Pre-measured quantities: Simplifies the dyeing process for beginners and professionals
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When making an indigo vat, you require three things: the indigo extract, an alkali, and a reducing agent.
Calcium hydroxide is a very common alkali, used in several types of vats, including Fructose, Iron and Henna vats. It is a food safe ingredient, also known as pickling lime, used in processes such as pickling and tortilla making.