Development of Direct Printing Paste for Silk Printing and its Efficacy for Colour Fastness
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Concerns over the environmental and health hazards of using synthetic dyes, resulted in growing interest of using natural resources in textile printing sector. The artisans use different techniques and methods based on the availability of natural sources. Methods: The present study explores the effectiveness of guar gum and tamarind seed powder (TSP) as natural thickening agents in developing eco-friendly print pastes for silk fabric using natural dyes. Six print paste combinations were formulated using annatto, arjuna and madder dye along with auxiliaries such as chitosan, alum, coconut oil and myrobalan. The natural dye was extracted by aqueous extraction method followed by ultra-sonication of the dye extract. Result: The results revealed that guar gum-based combinations exhibited superior design quality compared to TSP. Among all samples, the combination containing arjuna dye with guar gum (PPC 02) achieved the highest mean score (4.53) followed by annatto with guar gum (PPC 01). Whereas, TSP combinations with annatto and arjuna showed poor performance while the madder dye combination (PPC 06) demonstrated better results comparable to guar gum.
DOI: 10.18805/bkap935
Authors: Sneha Gargi, Sunidhi Shakya, Meenu Srivastava
Language: English
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7204640274