EXTRACTION AND UTILIZATION OF BANANA PLANT RESiN FOR POSSIBLE USE AS PIGMENT BINDER ON COTTON FABRIC

📄 Project Abstract

The study focuses on, possible methods of extracting and processing resins obtained from Musaceae (banana plant), precisely: Musa Cavendish Dwarf and Musa Paradisiaca to be used as pigment binder and its fastness properties when printed on cotton fabrics. Additional purpose of the study was to determine the quantity and quality of resins extracted from different species of the banana plant. To achieve these purposes some additives such as alum, potash and salt were used and also some fixative processes such as oxidization, steaming and ironing, were explored. All samples were printed on cotton fabric and subjected to standard washing, rubbing as well as light fastness tests. The tests were done through some manual and laboratory approaches with pigment paste on cotton fabric. The resins from banana plant species were extracted by tapping and pounding then squeezed out. They were used fresh into the paste, whereby different thickeners were introduced namely: sodium alginate, gum tragaca...