Cotton Dyeing with Cochineal by Just in Time Extraction, Mordanting, Dyeing, and Fixing Method in the Textile Industry

Abstract

Cochineal is employed in the field of cosmetics, food, textile, and flavors. The use of cochineal in textile goes back an ancient times in Mexico. These dyes have been used in different natural fibers. After the first quarter of the sixteenth century, cochineal was brought from Mexico to Europe and Asia. Since this date, it has been used very quickly and widely in Europe and Asia. The dye is used as a natural dye all over the world nowadays. Today, the dye is usually dyed with traditional methods. Cochineal is an important natural dye resource for red colors. The use of cochineal has come to importance in the textile industry for the red color in recent years. Cochineal has not been used as an economical, sustainable, and mass production in the textile industry up to now. This study has provided economical, sustainable, and industrial-scale production in the cotton textile industries. Cochineal dyeing recipes were created on industrial-scale samples by the jet dyeing machines. Color change, washing, rubbing fastness 4-5, and lightfastness found 4-5. The optimum conditions were determined for dyeing by the jet dyeing machine. According to the optimum dyeing recipe, cotton fabric was dyed with cochineal.