Making matter natural dyes from fruit mangrove species rhizophora stylosa as an eco-friendly dye of batik in the pilot plan scale

Based on the source, the dye textiles can be divided into two kinds of natural dyes and synthetic colors. Currently mangrove fruit not been widely used, but the fruit of mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa) many contain tannins which are natural coloring pigments in the form of brown dye. Brown dyes used to dye batik. Manufacture of natural dyes from fruits mangrove Rhizophora stylosa batch extraction performed in a pilot scale plan. Operating conditions of the experiment was 1 kg of fruit mangrove solvent extract with 10 L of water at a temperature of 100 °C for 60 minutes. The results obtained from this process is 6 L dye in high concentrations, immersion cloth later made into a dye immersion time for 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours. After the fixation on batik cloth using fixator alum, lime and lotus. The test results were analyzed by staining scale (scale desecration) and gray scale (gray scale). Tests with scale desecration 2 is divided into the wet rub and dry rub, obtained the best results by using alum fixer on a 2-hour immersion, while in the laundry test with gray scale fixer obtained the best results with chalk on a time of 2 hours. (author)