Quality Ecoprint Results of Teak Flowers and Leaves (Tectona Grandis) on Blacu and Tencel Fabrics with Tingi Natural Dyes

Abstract

The results of the descriptive analysis show that on the calico fabric, the color direction of the teak flower motif leads to a yellow-orange color with the name putty, and the teak leaf motif leads to a gray-red color with the name light wood. Then on the calico fabric, the results were reviewed from the aspect of color fastness to washing the ecoprint flower and teak leaf motif soap, obtaining an average value of 4.50 with good criteria. On the tencel, the teak flower motif leads to a gray-yellow color with the name New Orleans, and the teak leaf motif leads to a gray-red color with the name bazaar. The conclusion of the study is that the quality of the ecoprint motifs of teak flowers and leaves on calico and tencel fabrics has a gray-yellow-red color direction with the result that the color fastness to soap washing is 4-4.5 with good criteria. The suggestion from this study is that you can make a teak leaf ecoprint motif on tencel fabric properly so that the fastness obtained is the same as the teak flower ecoprint motif, one of which is by increasing the fixation with alum mordant so that the solution absorbs more into the fabric.