Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 25 No 4 (2021): 642 - 648

 

 

 

 

COLOUR STRENGTH AND WASH FASTNESS OF SILK FABRIC DYED WITH METHANOLIC EXTRACTED RANGOON CREEPER USING INFRA-RED DYEING MACHINE

 

(Kekuatan Warna dan Ketahanan Cucian Kain Sutera Diwarnakan dengan Akar Dani yang Diekstrak dengan Pelarut Metanol Menggunakan Mesin Pencelup Infra-Merah)

 

Suhaidi Ariffin¹, Wan Syazehan Ruznan¹*, Muhammad Nurkhairunizam Yazid², Suraya Ahmad Suhaimi¹, Mu’adz Ahmad Mazian², Muhammad Mu’az Mustamam²

 

¹Clothing Innovation and Textile Research Association (CITRA),

²Faculty of Applied Sciences,

Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Kuala Pilah, 72000 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author:  syazehan@uitm.edu.my

 

 

Received:  21 June 2021; Accepted: 11 August 2021; Published:  29 August 2021

 

 

Abstract

Extracting dyes from plant sources is one of the eco-friendly ways to reduce environmental pollution. Since the discovery of synthetic dyes back in 1856, the use of natural dyes in the textile industry has become lessen. This work focuses on the determination of new colours from Rangoon creeper petals through the methanolic extraction method and dyed by using an Infra-Red dyeing machine to generate a new colour pallet that is similar to PANTONE® colour and to study its wash fastness properties. Silk fabric was used and dyeing was carried out with calamansi and vinegar as the mordanting agents. Dyed silk samples were measured by using X-rite RM2000 Capsure to get the commercial PANTONE® colour code. The CIELAB colours coordinates were retrieved from the PANTONE® website and the L*a*b* values plotted indicates that all dyed silks were in the yellow-red quadrant. Colourfastness to washing shows an excellent rating i.e., 4/5, indicating outstanding stability. Thus, it was found that the colour produced from Rangoon creeper petals is suitable as a natural dye and also established high commercial value because the colour obtained is commensurate with the colour displayed by PANTONE® colours.

 

Keywords:  rangoon creeper, natural dye, methanol extraction, infra-red dyeing

 

Abstrak

Mengekstrak pewarna daripada tumbuhan adalah salah satu kaedah mesra alam untuk mengurangkan pencemaran alam sekitar. Sejak penemuan pewarna sintetik pada tahun 1856, penggunaan pewarna semula jadi dalam industri tekstil semakin berkurangan. Kajian ini memfokuskan kepada penemuan warna baharu daripada kelopak bunga akar dani melalui kaedah pengekstrakan metanol dan diwarnakan dengan menggunakan mesin pencelup Infra-Merah bagi menghasilkan palet warna baharu yang serupa dengan warna PANTONE®, serta mengkaji sifat ketahanan warna. Kain sutera digunakan dan pencelupan dilakukan dengan limau kasturi dan cuka sebagai agen pengikat. Sampel sutera yang dicelup diukur dengan menggunakan X-rite RM2000 Capsure untuk mendapatkan kod warna PANTONE® yang komersial. Koordinat warna CIELAB diambil dari laman web PANTONE dan nilai L*a*b* yang ditunjukkan menunjukkan bahawa semua sutera yang dicelup berada di kuadran kuning-merah. Ketahanan warna terhadap cucian menunjukkan tahap cemerlang iaitu 4/5. Oleh itu, didapati bahawa warna yang dihasilkan daripada kelopak akar dani sesuai sebagai pewarna semula jadi dan juga memiliki nilai komersial yang tinggi kerana warna yang diperolehi setara dengan warna yang ditunjukkan oleh warna PANTONE®.

 

Kata kunci:  akar dani, pewarna semulajadi, pelarut metanol, pencelupan infra-merah

 

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