Help with reducer for Jaquard pre-reduced indigo!
I’m kind of in a bind so I’m really hoping the amazing people of Reddit can help a girl out.
I’m an art teacher who promised her high school kids to shibori dye tomorrow. I purchase Jaquard pre-reduced indigo (8oz), soda ash and what I thought was reducer to make some vat dye for the next couple of days.
I unfortunately was not paying attention when I bought the reducing agent and I accidentally bought sodium hydroxide (lye). I heard somewhere that you can use calcium hydroxide instead. I do have some of this at home from pickling. How much do I add for a 4 gallon vat?
In a panic, I also went and bought a few bottles of Rit color remover, but I don’t know how much of that to add to the vat either.
Does anyone have a recipe they are willing to share?