Jan 24, 2023

Food Dye, Watercolors, testing on Bacterial celullose

 

Started with a thick wet sheet of bacterial cellulose, I washed it with lukewarm water and added some watercolors.




Then added some food dye to next to the watercolor, I purchased this food dyes from Amazon, there were very inexpensive were absorbed by the bacterial cellulose very fast.


I added some glow in the dark pigment, I do not recommend the brand as I did not see any results. I have purchased glow in the dark pigment that would result in very vibrant colors. Unfortunately this one was not visible at all. Also, the box states that is highly toxic.








Lastly  I added some gold flakes just to see if they would stick to the cellulose, they did!



Wet on the left , Dry on the right.
***The only issue I'm encountering is the that the sheets are drying and becoming very stiff.










Dextrose instead of sugar

  The pellicle grew nicely BUT the dextrose measurement * might not be the same as the sugar*  measurement.  Given that the structure is dif...