Production of plant pigments DIY

[Xig]

hi

I want to open a tannery (traditional tannery), but There are no natural colors in my country. For this reason, I have to produce the colors myself. How do I do this?

[Dwight]

I believe somewhere in the translation of Arabic to English . . . your thought got lost.

Leather has it's own natural color when tanned . . . and I think you may have been trying to describe dyes???

Try again . . . perhaps we can help you more.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Sheilajeanne]

From the the title of the thread, Dwight, the poster wants to use plant pigments to dye leather. Not knowing what plants are available in their country, the only thing I can suggest is to make some vinegaroon: 

 

[Sheilajeanne]

Never underestimate the power of Google! 

Leather Dyeing with Plants Dyes: A Review Shazia Pervaiz*1 , Tahira Aziz Mughal1 , Filza Zafar Khan2

https://innspub.net/jbes/leather-dyeing-with-plants-dyes-a-review/

 

I am sure that if you search, you can find articles about dyeing leather that are written in your own language!

[Dwight]

6 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said:

From the the title of the thread, Dwight, the poster wants to use plant pigments to dye leather. Not knowing what plants are available in their country, the only thing I can suggest is to make some vinegaroon: 

 

I took it that he was interested in making a pigment plant as in a factory.

You do those things when you spend 30 years working in a "plant" . . . and the languages uses the "plant" as a place a lot in your conversation.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Sheilajeanne]

Ookay, I see now you could be right! And the posters sig picture would back you up - click on it, and it shows leather being dyed in vats. But when I saw 'natural' that reinforced the way I was thinking! 

Edited September 3, 2021 by Sheilajeanne

[chrisash]

There is a UK based company that imports or works in conjunction with a African company for different dyed goats leather, could be a contact point for more information . I suggest a email may  get you some contacts

https://www.tustingandburnettshop.com/ 

[Xig]

18 hours ago, Dwight said:

I believe somewhere in the translation of Arabic to English . . . your thought got lost.

Leather has it's own natural color when tanned . . . and I think you may have been trying to describe dyes???

Try again . . . perhaps we can help you more.

May God bless,

Dwight

I am a Kurdish, not arabic.

this is very natural that I don't speak english. english is not equal of all worlds languages. I don't use translator for writing this text.

[Dwight]

9 hours ago, Xig said:

I am a Kurdish, not arabic.

this is very natural that I don't speak english. english is not equal of all worlds languages. I don't use translator for writing this text.

My apologies Xig . . . I did not mean to insult you . . . and if I did . . . I'm truly sorry.

It might help if you did use the translator . . . then look at it again before sending it to make sure it says what you want.  English has no equals in the business world among all the languages of the world.  

That is why it is the standard for business use.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Matt S]

As far as I'm aware most tanneries buy their pigments and dyes from specialist dealers in such things, or they mix them up from common/commercially available substances. I don't know the details and I expect that very few leatherworkers will, any more than a machinist will be familiar with the smelting of steel. You may be able to find some recipes in old technical books, but beware that many of these use archaic names for ingredients. Many of them will have been found to be sub-optimal (e.g. causing red-rot) or substances now known to be hazardous to health or the environment.

What is/was the traditional tanning culture like in Iran?