SkyMorn Providing pure natural Sappanwood powder for clothes, fabric and soap. Sappanwood Cæsalpinia sappan is found throughout east Asia and is also known as Eastern Brazilwood. This wood is high in tannin and the colourant brazilian. The dyebath can be used multiple times for lighter colours and the wood chips can be dried for future use. Startling variations can be achieved (bright orange to blue red) when the pH level of the dye bath is manipulated. Fabrics dyed with brazilwood are fast to washing but somewhat fugitive to light. DYEING: Brazilwood develops best in slightly hard water. Adding finely ground chalk (or a Tum’s tablet – 1 to every 4 litres of water) brightens the brazilwood colour, especially if there is no lime in the local water. Adding osage extract will yield rich warm reds and iron will turn the fabric to a mulberry wine colour. A dip in indigo will produce purples. Change the pH level to acid to get an orange-red or use an alkaline (like soda ash) to get blue-red to brilliant purple.DYEING WITH THE EXTRACT: the extract will produce lovely warm reds when dyed at a 2-5% WOF and deep crimson reds when dyed at 5-10%.