ECO-FRIENDLY DYEING OF COTTON WITH CHANTERELLE NATURAL DYES BY MICROWAVE IRRADIATION

Abstract

Application of natural dyes is becoming increasingly popular in textile industry. In this study, we were used wild mushroom as a natural dyes. Chantarelle, (Cantharellus Cibarius), mushrooms were collected from Istanbul city, washed and then dried. The dyestuff extraction from Chantelle mushroom was performed in microwave media with in ten minutes. Different mordant materials were used to see the effects of different mordants. The cotton fabrics were dyed with mordant in ten minutes in low level microwave media. We measured color strength of dyed fabrics with Macbeth Color Eye 7000 A. We evaluated wet fastness of dyed fabrics according to ISO standards. Cotton fabric dyed with chanterelle natural dyes showed good fastness properties.