Yintoni i-Indigo Powder?

Umgubo we-Indigo: Isithako Sombala Weenwele Zezityalo Zendalo Zamandulo

Usenokuba ukhe wadibana ne-indigo powder xa uphonononga ukunakekelwa kweenwele kwendalo kunye neemveliso zedayi yeenwele zemifuno. Kodwa yintoni kanye kanye i-indigo powder, kwaye zeziphi iingenelo ezizisayo kwizicelo zanamhlanje zokuhombisa? Makhe sijonge ngokusondeleyo izinto eziluhlaza zezityalo ezihlonitshwayo ngeli xesha.

I-Indigo Powder, i-INCI ebizwa ngokuba yi-Indigofera Tinctoria Leaf Powder, ngumgubo ocolekileyo ocoliweyo ngamagqabi omileyo esityalo se-indigo i-Indigofera tinctoria. Yinto eluhlaza ephuma kwisityalo esicocekileyo engenazo izinto ezivela kwizilwanyana. Into ephambili evelisa umbala wayo yi-indican, eguquka ibe yi-indigotin blue pigment emva kwe-hydrolysis kunye ne-oxidation xa ivezwa emoyeni. Umgubo ngokwawo ubonisa imbonakalo eluhlaza kunye nevumba elibonakalayo lengca yezityalo. Kangangeminyaka engamawaka, i-indigo ibisetyenziswa ukudaya ilaphu kulo lonke elase-Asia naseMbindi Mpuma, kwaye ngoku ifumana udumo olukhulu njengezinto zemvelo zokufaka umbala kwiinwele.

Njengesithambisi-mbala sendalo seenwele, umgubo we-indigo awuvuli okanye wonakalise iinwele ezifana needayi zeenwele ezenziweyo ezihlala zihleli. Ubeka umbala kumphezulu weenwele. Ngokwesiqhelo usebenza kakuhle xa udityaniswe ne-henna (umgubo wegqabi le-Lawsonia inermis). Emva konyango lwe-henna, i-indigo inokuvelisa imibala emdaka emnyama ukuya kwemnyama kwaye igqume iinwele ezingwevu ngokufanelekileyo. Ngaphandle kokusebenza kombala, umgubo we-indigo ukwabonelela ngeenzuzo ezincinci zokhathalelo lwesikhumba sentloko. Ineempawu zokulwa neentsholongwane kunye nokulwa nokuvuvukala, inceda ukuthomalalisa ukungonwabi kwesikhumba sentloko kwaye iphucule imeko yeenwele, ishiya iinwele zithambile kwaye zikhazimla.

Abathengi abaninzi bakhetha umgubo we-indigo njengendlela yokukhetha umbala weenwele zendalo ezingenayo i-ammonia, ezingenayo i-PPD. Omnye wemibuzo ebuzwa rhoqo kukuba umbala weenwele zawo ungahlala ixesha elingakanani ezinweleni. Umbala weenwele osekelwe kwi-indigo ungowedayi esekwe kwizityalo ezihlala ixesha elide. Xa usetyenziswa ngokulandela inkqubo eqhelekileyo ye-henna-indigo kunye nokunyamekela emva koko, umbala uhlala iiveki ezi-4-6 ngaphambi kokuba uqale ukunyamalala kancinci kancinci. Ngokungafaniyo nedayi yeenwele esisigxina yekhemikhali enyamalala ngemigca ecacileyo yokwahlulahlula ingcambu, umbala we-indigo uyanyamalala kancinci nangokuthe ngcembe, ngaphandle kwemida yemibala enzima kwimiqolo yeenwele. Izinto ezininzi eziphambili zigqiba ixesha layo lokuhlala.

Abasebenzisi bafuna ulindelo oluchanekileyo lokufaka umbala kwizityalo. Kuyacetyiswa ukuba utshintshe umbala rhoqo emva kweeveki ezi-4 ukuya kwezi-6 ukuze ugcine umbala omnyama okanye omnyama utyebile. Ukusetyenziswa rhoqo kuya kwandisa umbala kwiinwele kwaye kuphucule ukugquma kweenwele ezingwevu kunye nokuqina kombala. Kubalulekile ukukhumbuza ukuba umgubo we-indigo wenzelwe ukusetyenziswa ngaphandle kuphela, uvavanyo lwesikhumba luyimfuneko ngaphambi kokuba kusetyenziswe idayi yeenwele ngokusesikweni.

Kule mihla, njengoko abathengi behlabathi beqhubeka nokukhangela izisombululo zedayi yeenwele ezicocekileyo nezingena-ammonia, i-indigo powder iye yaba yenye yezona zinto zifunwa kakhulu zezityalo zokuhombisa. Idibanisa ubulumko bezityalo zamandulo neendlela zanamhlanje zobuhle ezicocekileyo, inikezela ngezinye iindlela ezikhuselekileyo zokufaka imibala yendalo kwimibala yedayi yeenwele.