Abstract

FASTNESS PROPERTIES OF COTTON FABRICS DYED WITH THE DYES OBTAINED FROM ACHRAS ZAPOTA, PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA AND GREWIA ASIATICA

*Zafar Iqbal, Lubna Liaqat, Amran Wanheed and Mohammad Akram

Abstract

The herbal dye was extracted from bark of achras zapata (chico), phylanthus emblica (amla) and grewia asiatica (falsa) by boiling in aqueous medium. The cotton fabric was dyed with the aqueous solution of these plant materials by using mordant. This fabric was studied its fastness properties such a wash fastness, sunlight fastness and rubbing fastness over a period of thirty days by grey scale. After ten days all properties sere same as original 5/5, after twenty days these were 4/5 and after thirty days these parameters were 3/5 on grey scale.

Keywords: Bark, Plant materials, Dyes, Color fastness, Grey scale.