International Science Community Association Research Journal of Engineering Sciences 2278 - 9472 1 4 2012 October 26 Dyeing of Bamboo with Tea as a natural Dye 21 26 EN KaruppaR. RajThundil 1 School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore-632014, INDIA Pavan P. 2 Reddy RajeevD. 3 Chattopadhyay D.P. 1 Department of Textile Chemistry, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The M.S.University of Baroda, Vadodara-390001, INDIA Inamdar M.S. 2 Faculty of Textile Processing, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat-395001, INDIA Kumar S. 1 Ahmad Z. 2 T. Mansoor 3 Himanshu S.K. 4 Kaur Satindar 1 Department of Food Sciences and technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, INDIA Chattopadhyay D.P. 2 Department of Textile Chemistry, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, INDIA Kaur Varinder 3 Department of Applied Chemical Sciences and Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, INDIA > Research Paper 2012 10 3 2012 October 26 Dyeing of bamboo fabric with green tea as a natural colorant had been investigated. The dyeing process was carried out (with and without mordanting) using pre-extracted dye stock employing either 100% water or solvent: water (1:9) mixture as the extraction medium. Three different qualities of tea leaves were used as source of colour extraction. The dyeing properties on bamboo fabric had been evaluated. Dye exhaustion, colour depth in terms of K/S, washing fastness, light fastness, etc were compared for dyeing performed at 90C for 1hour using four extracted dye stocks on pre-mordanted and unmordanted samples. Copyright@ International Science Community Association