Mordants give different shades to the fabric.
Similarly, wide range of soft and light colors was
obtained on silk using the dye extracted from flower
of Spathadia campanulata (Kumaresan et al. 2011).
The natural dye extracted from pomegranate peel
might be used as a possible substitute for the
synthetic dyes having banned aryl-amine moieties
(Adeel et al., 2009). Costing was done. The
production cost was estimated to be Rs.16,386 per
kilogram of the pomegranate peel dye. This included
the cost of raw materials and chemicals used,
electricity consumption, packing, transportation,
labour and administration charges. However, capital
investment of the laboratory equipments and
glassware has to be done.
Cost Sheet for 1 Kg of Pomegranate Peel Dye
4.0 Conclusion:
The whole process of extraction and dyeing is
ecologically safe. The obtained results have shown
the dyeing potential of pomegranate peel as source
for cotton dyeing. Good fastness exhibited by the
dyed clothes is because of the mordants used. There
is need for proper knowledge, documentation and
assessment of dye- yielding plants as well as the
dying techniques so as to increase the use of natural
dyes. There is a lot of scope to use the pomegranate
peel dye for obtaining various color shades using
safe mordants under eco-friendly textile dyeing. The
process of production of pomegranate peel dye was
found to be cost-effective as compared to the cost of
dyes in local market.
5.0 Acknowledgement:
Authors are thankful to Mrs. Suvarna Vaidya, Lab
assistant, Sinhgad College of Science for her help and
support in completion of this work. Authors are also
sincerely thankful to Mr. Kurane and Mr. Khaladkar
from Deccan dyes and chemicals Pvt.Ltd, Pune for
explaining the industrial procedure of costing and to
Ankita Cuddapah for her help in cost estimation.