I think there is definite confusion about indigo.
Posted by Faery Ring on April 23, 2004 at 23:24:20:
In reply to: Some other indigo questions scalp and conditioning questions posted by Lisa on April 23, 2004 at 20:07:59:
I have heard that indigo needs to be ‘fermented’ in an alkalinesolution but I am not sure how to go about doing this either. If I
leave indigo paste sitting around in a plastic bag for too long it
will turn dark blue. So it will have already oxidized before I have
a chance to use it.
Maybe I need to put the paste into an airtight jar so that the oxygen
has no chance to get to it or maybe I need to make the paste extra
wet and soupy to ferment. Unfortunately I don’t really have time to
experiment. Should I ever do that I will report back with the
results.
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