Eco friendly screen printing using natural and indigenous thickener- mango kernel and cassia tora gum

Abstract

The experiments were conducted in the AICRP – CT lab. Textiles and Apparel Designing of Udaipur. To find out the possibility of using natural thickening agent to be used as natural and indigenous thickener. Cassia tora seed gum and waste mango kernel extracted gum was used for the printing of cotton fabric with screen. Cotton fabric was printed with different mordants and different concentration of thickening agents. The print quality was assessed in terms of depth of colour, evenness of print, sharpness of print and overall appearance. Experimental observation shows that both the gums can successfully used as textile printing thickeners which is ecofriendly for the environment.