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The TAIS TIMOR is open from Mon - Fri 9 am - 5 pm
Presidential Palace Camp, Aitarak Laran, Timor-Leste
The TAIS TIMOR is open from Mon - Fri 9 am - 5 pm
Presidential Palace Camp, Aitarak Laran, Timor-Leste

Materials and Dyeing

HomeMaterials and Dyeing

Cotton dyeing materials

Greasing the cotton thread Receipt/ Materials

• Apply oil to cotton
• White cotton
• Kapok bark (Ceiba pentandra sp.)
• Leaves of Fuka
• Roots of Babotek
• Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana Sp.) • Curcuma Zanthorhiza
• Erythrina Variegata

The following are process of coloring

- Gathering raw materials - Cleaning and mashed
- Gathering raw materials - Cleaning and mashed

1

  • Gathering raw materials
  • Cleaning and mashed
- Grinding and squeezing materials - Boiling materials
- Grinding and squeezing materials - Boiling materials

2

  • Grinding and squeezing materials
  • Boiling materials
- Dyed with prepared liquid material - Scour or take off all the remaining materials
- Dyed with prepared liquid material - Scour or take off all the remaining materials

3

  • Dyed with prepared liquid material
  • Scour or take off all the remaining materials
Drying
The cotton thread is ready for weaving

4

  • Drying

5

  • The cotton thread is ready for weaving