Acid Dye Instant

If silk loses its sheen, a vinegar rinse can help restore it.

Fill a stainless steel pot with water, add the dye powder, and stir to dissolve. acid dye

Some colors, especially reds, may fall out of solution if stock solutions cool; simply reheat them before use. To give you the best advice, are you: If silk loses its sheen, a vinegar rinse can help restore it

Acid dyes are highly effective, vibrant, and water-soluble colorants specifically designed to bond with (wool, silk, alpaca, mohair, cashmere) and nylon in a mildly acidic environment. They are known for exceptional colorfastness and producing deep, brilliant shades. Despite the name, the "acid" refers only to the necessary addition of white vinegar or citric acid to the dye bath, not the dye itself. Essential Supplies Protein Fibers: Wool or silk yarn/fabric. To give you the best advice, are you:

(low immersion) or doing a solid color (high immersion)? Dyeing yarn or finished fabric ? Working with wool or nylon ?

Because acid dyes exhaust so well, you can often add more fiber to the same bath to create lighter shades.

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  1. One of the features MobaXterm has which I desperately am looking for in many others is the MultiExec feature. The ability to open multiple sessies en issue a command which is executed on all of them. So far MobaXterm has the most useful implementation of this. However since Moba is quite bloated with features I don’t use and not exactly bugfree, I would consider another client, if only …

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    1. SecureCRT has this capability.
      Right-click the tab and select “Send Commands to This Group”, then go to “View -> Command Window” which will open an area at the bottom of the screen. Anything typed in command window will go to all of the sessions.

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  2. Royal TS also has can execute on multiple connections.

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  3. Anyone have a suggestion for something that is cross platform on all three (Win/Mac/Linux)?

    I’m currently using a Windows laptop and Apple laptop (work & personal), but I’m considering converting the work laptop to Linux. I currently use RoyalTS, but there’s no Linux version…

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