dyeing with coffee

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l've heard that you can dye cotton with coffee - what would be used to set the dye [l forget the word for that !]

-- carol (kanogisdi@yahoo.com), March 23, 2002

Answers

vinegar ?

-- Sissy Barth (iblong2Him@ilovejesus.net), March 24, 2002.

Maybe salt water? Mona Lea in S.E.Missouri

-- Mona (monalea@hotmail.com), March 24, 2002.

It's called a mordant. I use alum when dying wool. Best wishes!

-- cowgirlone in OK (cowgirlone47@hotmail.com), March 26, 2002.

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