How to dye linen and cotton at home

Good afternoon dear friends!

Lately, I quite often come across information about dyeing fabrics at home. Indeed, this topic is quite relevant for embroiderers. There is a huge selection of white canvas in stores; black or cream is less common. If a colored base is needed for embroidering a motif, then finding it presents certain difficulties. In this article I want to tell you about my experiences in painting canvas at home.

The purpose of my experiments is very simple. I want to find out whether it is possible to achieve high-quality canvas coloring at home. For the first part of the experiments, I use dyes from the first aid kit: brilliant green, fucorcin, iodine and potassium permanganate. These products are very common and are often used as dyes in everyday life. All experiments were carried out with Aida canvas by PNK Kirov. Each piece of canvas was subjected to the following procedures:

dip dyeing
fixing color in vinegar solution
ironing
embroidery pattern with white threads
washing: put pieces of canvas in warm water for 5 minutes, then took them out.
ironing
window: each piece in a file or under film and on a shaded window.

The process of painting tulle and clothes with brilliant green

When dyeing light-colored products with green, the color will turn out green. The saturation of the tone depends on the added consistency of the drug and the time the clothes to be dyed are kept in the solution, so before carrying out the procedure it is necessary to think through all the details.

If fabrics are exposed to a mixture of a highly concentrated product in large quantities, they will turn dark green. If you keep them for a long time, it will become much darker. In a weak solution, the products will be pale greenish.

Before the procedure, textile fabrics, tulle or clothing are washed and dried. They must be clean and free of stains. Running water is heated to room temperature +26…+30°C. A short, wide in diameter, old, unnecessary container is suitable for processing the material; at the end of the process, it may lose its color.

Before painting, the tulle must be washed and dried.

You need to dye textile items with your own hands as follows:

Pour warm water into the container.
Wear gloves.
Add the previously prepared 1% alcohol solution of brilliant green. The composition is determined independently. According to practical information, to obtain a good result, use 10-20 ml of medical product per 5 liters of water. If the product is large, for example nylon mesh or tulle, the proportions are increased.
Stir the liquid well until it has a homogeneous consistency; you can strain it through cheesecloth.
Place the wet material to be painted into the working solution. If there are several items, they are processed separately.
Periodically turn them over in containers, distribute the folds.
Leave for 20-30 minutes.
Rinse in a weak solution of table vinegar or in cold water with added salt or soda. This will help fix the color and keep it for a long time.
Evaluate the result on a dry cloth. Wet materials are much darker.

Pay attention to: How to dye pants black at home

The method of using brilliant green for painting is considered simple, safe, environmentally friendly and economical. It does not take much time or labor, and the costs are minimal.

When the green effect is enhanced, re-dying is possible, and the fabric does not crack or tear after treatment.

Tablets for thrush - antibiotics and others

Whether to supplement therapy with oral tablets or whether intravaginal remedies for thrush are sufficient - this decision is made only by a doctor and solely on the basis of laboratory tests. If fungal colonies have multiplied in large numbers and spread to other organs, complex therapy will be necessary.

The most pronounced effect is produced by the simultaneous use of vaginal capsules with oral types of drugs from the group of antibiotics or antifungal, synthetic antibacterial compounds.

The choice of antibiotics (antimicrobial agents) is made strictly taking into account possible contraindications and reactions. Some antibiotics can provoke the growth of fungal colonies. Thus, thrush can appear after a course of antimicrobials previously prescribed for the treatment of another disease. The list of tablets from the group of antibiotics suitable for eliminating thrush is quite narrow, and choosing medications on your own can only worsen the symptoms of a vaginal fungal infection.

Safocid is a combined composition: broad-spectrum antibiotic (macrolides), antifungal, antibacterial.

Fluconazole, Flucostat, Diflucan, Mycoflucan are active antifungal agents that have the same effect as suppositories, significantly increasing the activity of the intravaginal composition. Widely applicable for chronic forms of vaginal candidiasis, including for prevention.

Nystatin is an antibiotic, tablets with a pronounced antifungal effect, including activity against yeast-like candida. Resistance to nystatin in fungal microorganisms is extremely low or develops extremely slowly, which significantly reduces the risk of relapses in thrush.

Hygiene products for thrush

During the treatment period, it is very important to pay more attention to the hygiene of the genital organs and perhaps change previously habitual actions - choose other gels for intimate hygiene, use antiseptic solutions more often, eliminate the use of products with dyes (toilet paper, napkins, etc.). To make care comfortable and effective, it is recommended to use broad-spectrum antiseptic compounds daily. An example of such a drug is Chlorhexidine solution (digluconate).

The composition destroys all types of pathogenic microflora - viruses, fungi, bacteria and microbes, and ensures reliable hygiene of the genital organs. Does not require additional use of soap in any form (incompatible with alkali).

Names and forms of products issued

Hexicon - vaginal suppositories and tablets, Citeal (solution), Chlorhexidine bigluconate solution of different concentrations, Chlorhexidine vaginal suppositories, Chlorhexidine spray.

Miramistin, a solution for external use with a similar spectrum of action, is also widely used.

Fluomizin - antiseptic tablets.

Sodium Tetraborate is a disinfectant composition that is not a fungistatic or fungibicide, but when used intravaginally, it helps to inhibit the proliferation of the fungus and prevents the attachment of pathogens to the vaginal wall.

Vagotil - antibacterial, antifungal in the form of a solution for external use.

It is also recommended to use various intimate washing gels with a complex composition: antiseptic, softening, tonic, deodorizing - for example, Balyan gel, Cliven Intimo, Lactacid fresh, etc.

How to dye a piece of clothing with colored liquids, what color do they give?

Among the available means for dyeing clothes, solutions such as brilliant green, iodine, fucorcin, and potassium permanganate are used. The last two are used when it is necessary to give things a pink or crimson color. Zelenka will give a grassy tint, and iodine will give a brown or orange tint. It all depends on how saturated the prepared solution is.

Zelenka (diamond green)

How to dye fabric with green paint? To do this, the pharmaceutical product is diluted in warm water. You need to choose the concentration yourself, depending on the saturation of the desired shade. On average, take 1 bottle (10 ml) of brilliant green per 5 liters of water. After this, you need to mix the solution and carefully place the pre-moistened product into it. Leave for half an hour, periodically turning the item over. To protect your hands, you must wear gloves before the procedure.

How to dye a jacket at home?

Iodine solution

Iodine is a yellow-brown antiseptic solution. Fabric dyeing with this product is done in a similar way to brilliant green. For 5 liters of water, take 1 bottle of iodine solution, mix everything. To get a more saturated brown tint, you will need 20–30 ml of iodine solution (5%). The longer you keep the item in the resulting liquid, the darker the color it will become.

Potassium permanganate or fucorcin

Potassium permanganate and fucorcin are antiseptic agents that have a pink tint. Another name for fucorcin is “Castellani paint”. When using the product to dye fabric, mix 10 ml of alcohol solution with 5 liters of water in a container and place the textile product there. Leave for half an hour, periodically turning over and checking the shade. To obtain a soft pink shade, the item is kept for about 5–10 minutes; to achieve greater brightness it will take more than an hour.

To consolidate the result, you need to immerse the painted product in a vinegar solution. To do this, you need to dissolve 9 percent table vinegar in 3 liters of water and place the item in the solution for 15 minutes. Then the product is carefully wrung out and ironed through gauze. The final stage is a delicate wash at 30°C using fabric softener.

When using potassium permanganate crystals, you need to dissolve them in boiling water (for 1 liter of water you need to take 1 teaspoon of potassium permanganate). In the future, proceed in the same way as with fucorcin.

Coloring the canvas with iodine

Iodine is a yellow-brown antiseptic.

Staining the canvas with iodine was carried out similarly to the previous two experiments. The first two pieces, with staining times of 2 and 5 minutes, showed virtually no coloration. The canvas with dyeing time of 10 and 20 minutes acquired a purple-brown color. Now the most interesting thing: after the first ironing, the canvas became almost completely discolored, so I see no point in conducting further experiments. I present the results in the table.

Dyeing time	Coloring result	After 1 ironing
10 minutes
20 minutes

Recommendations for dyeing clothes and tulle:

The most important and main advice. Before you start directly painting clothes, weigh the pros and cons. Amateur painting is always a risk.
Know the composition of the fabric, because the entire painting result depends on the composition of the fabric:
if the fabric is mixed, the color will come out a little paler, for example, it will not be blue, but light blue.
if the fabric is 100% synthetic, there is a very high risk that the fabric will not dye at all, because with synthetic fabrics, the paint flows off like cellophane, and the product will remain exactly the same shade as before dyeing.

Important! Please note that, unfortunately, at the moment there are more and more cases when the composition that is written on the label does not coincide with reality.

Decide on a color. We recommend dyeing in colors that are slightly darker than the original shade of the fabric. For example, blue is best painted blue or dark blue. Also, do not forget to take into account the original shade of the item. The ideal option is if they are similar colors. But if you dye white jeans black, you will end up with gray or dark gray, but not black.
Only judge the final shade on a thoroughly dried dyed item, because wet items are always darker.
If color is very important to you, dye a test piece of fabric that will be the same in composition, dry it and look at the result.
If you don’t like the shade of the paint you prepared, it’s better not to risk it. In industrial conditions, shades of paint are tested a large number of times, achieving the required color. At home, you only have 1 try.
Paint only with gloves on. Wear gloves before opening the paint package if you decide to use an industrial solution rather than the options we offer. When working with medical solutions, also do not ignore gloves, so as not to think later about how to wipe off brilliant green or potassium permanganate from the skin.
Paint items according to the instructions written on the packaging when using industrial dyes.

bz-nuxt

Candidal colpitis or candidiasis of the vulva and vagina is a disease better known as thrush, a fungal infection that is not always amenable to quick and easy treatment with popular drugs. Most of the known remedies for thrush available in pharmacies are effective only at the early stage of infection. But the difficulty of treatment lies in the fact that the early symptoms of thrush are quite difficult to notice, and when candidiasis manifests itself in full, medications of different groups are already required. It is quite difficult to eliminate thrush with only one type of medication, for example, suppositories. From the beginning of taking the suppositories, they actually turn out to be quite effective, but they do not always completely eliminate the manifestations of thrush - relapses are possible within 2-3 months after using the drug.

How to dye white fabric using brilliant green and other dyes?

Tulle and curtains are accessories that people notice when they enter your room. Fabric curtains can both decorate and hopelessly ruin your entire interior.

Painting curtains a different color quickly and without any special effort is one of the acceptable options for transforming the appearance of a room. By changing the color scheme of clothes for windows, as well as choosing cute things to match, you can get a new solution for your home or work environment.

Do-it-yourself painting of tulle and curtains can help you if you don’t have the funds or time to update the interior and make repairs, but your soul is asking for something new. The painting process is very economical in every sense, because:

no significant cash outlay is required to purchase dyes;
it is not necessary to waste your time waiting, and also listen to the designer’s recommendations;
there is no need to walk for a long time from store to store in search of new materials;
There is a possibility of re-painting.

Home conditions are suitable to give your window wardrobe a new look on your own. Let's take a step-by-step look at the process of how to paint fabric with brilliant green and other equally interesting means at hand. Moreover, this fabric can be the basis of both interior decor and your clothing.

What are the remedies against thrush?

To choose the right course of treatment and effective tablets for thrush, it is necessary to visit a gynecologist and accurately determine the amount and pathogenicity of the fungal strain that caused the disease. In addition, other similar diseases may be hidden behind thrush - endometritis, salpingitis. Self-diagnosis and purchasing popular remedies will no doubt help, but only for a short time to relieve symptoms and not eliminate a dangerous fungal infection.

Vaginal candidiasis causes severe discomfort in the form of itching, unpleasant odor, which leads to a deterioration in the quality of life. But thrush poses the most serious danger to pregnant women: the disease can lead to infection of the fetus, and in the worst situations, to spontaneous miscarriage.

In addition to vaginal suppositories (suppositories), which really effectively eliminate pathogenic microflora in the vagina, treatment of thrush will require oral antibiotics or synthetic antibacterials. Such tablets are necessary in order to destroy the infection if it has spread to other internal organs - a similar effect is diagnosed in chronic forms of the disease.

During the treatment period, it is necessary to pay special attention to observing the rules of intimate hygiene, use antiseptic agents, and during water procedures, special care gels. The comprehensive treatment plan also includes immunomodulating agents and antidiarrheal microorganisms - the latter will help restore intestinal microflora and motility.

Candles and creams for thrush

These forms of drugs will help cope with vaginal candidiasis infection only if it is primary. In case of relapses and spread of the fungus to the intestines, the use of suppositories will not be effective enough: suppositories will reduce the severity of discharge and relieve itching and burning, but will not eliminate the infection itself due to the large volume of pathogenic microflora.

Ecofucin, Primafungin, Pimafucin - suppositories and cream with the active ingredient Natamycin, an effective antibiotic of the macrolide group: with a wide spectrum of action and minimal side effects.

Neo-Penotran forte, Ginocaps are complex suppositories with the antibiotic Metronidazole. They have, among others, a pronounced antifungal and antibacterial effect of a wide spectrum. In addition to the thrush itself, it inhibits the proliferation of urogenital-type infections.

Zalain, Sertazol - vaginal suppositories based on Sertaconazole, a strong antifungal agent with fungicidal and fungistatic effects.

Livarol, Ketoconazole - suppositories and preparations for external use with Ketoconazole: synthetic antibacterial, active against various types of fungi, including yeast-like ones.

Gyno-Pevaril, Ifenek - the drug Econazole is based on, both suppositories and cream are produced, they act as antifungal and antibacterial agents in a complex manner.

Clotrimazole - suppositories and cream with the same active ingredient, administered with a hygienic applicator (the composition of the cream is recommended to be administered inside the vagina), the medicine has an antibacterial and antifungal effect.

Clotrimazole is a synthetic antibacterial drug for external and intravaginal use only; fungal infections do not develop resistance to it. Effectively fights both the primary disease and the symptoms characteristic of the chronic form, even if the fungal infection could not be cured by other means. Reduces the activity of other drugs (Nystatin, Natamycin); simultaneous use is contraindicated.

Canesten is a cream for external use, also a drug based on Clotrimazole. Refers to a broad spectrum antifungal.

Lomexin - capsules and cream with the active substance Fenticonazole, both forms of thrush remedies act comprehensively: as a broad-spectrum antifungal, as well as anti-inflammatory and antibacterial.

Gaynomax is a combination drug of Tinidazole and Tioconazole, additionally active against urogenital infections.

Clindacin B Prolong is available in the form of a cream for external use, contains antifungal components and antibiotics. Has antimicrobial, antibacterial and antifungal effects.

Vagiferon - vaginal suppositories with an antibiotic, act as an antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, immunomodulatory drug.

Vaginal tablets against thrush

Such dosage forms of drugs differ in their spectrum of action from those produced in the form of suppositories. The principle of use is the same - intravaginally, but tablets are more often prescribed for chronic forms of thrush and the presence of concomitant infections.

Terzhinan is a combination drug that has antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects.

Irunin - vaginal tablets, active ingredient Itraconazole (a group of triazoles, the largest group of antifungals): inexpensive, but effective, with a wide spectrum of action.

Macmiror is a drug based on Nifuratel, an antifungal and antimicrobial from the nitrofuran group; in addition, such tablets eliminate bacteria in the urinary tract.

Klion-D 100 - vaginal tablets, with the antibiotic Metronidazole, an antimicrobial and antifungal drug.

Elzhina - tablets with a combined composition: antimicrobial components, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, local action, relieve itching well.

Clotrimazole is inexpensive but effective, even if the fungal infection has developed resistance to other medications.