Dyeing of Cotton Fabric with Natural Dye obtained from Flower of Thespesia Populnea using Combination of Mordants

The fastness properties of the flower of Thespesia populnea dyed cotton fabric have been studied using different combination (1:3,1:1 and 3:1) of various mordants, such as myrobolan:nickel sulphate, myrobolan: aluminium sulphate, myrobolan: potassium dichromate, myrobolan: ferrous sulphate and myrobolan:stannous chloride. The wash, rub, light and perspiration fastness of the dyed samples have been evaluated. Comparing thefastness properties and colour strength of flower of Thespesia populnea dyed cotton by using combination of mordants. In the comparative study of fastness properties and colour strength of the dyed cotton samples Thespesia populnea in simultaneous mordanting method with 1 : 3 mordant combination gives better results.