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Offline okiecountryboy

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plant dyes (cactus)
« on: November 15, 2010, 11:26:23 pm »
Has anyone heard of this before?
I was at my inlaws house transplanting some cactus. I noticed a snow-white fuzzy type of fungus growing on one (prickly pear).
Asked abouut it, and was told that the local native americans used it as a dye. My father-in-law scraped some off into his hand (still white), rubbed his finger across it and it turned blood red. I plan on using this on my next leather project. If it's still there, I'll try and get some pics.

Thanks for reading
Ron
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Re: plant dyes (cactus)
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2011, 06:51:39 pm »
Google cochineal.   ;D

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Re: plant dyes (cactus)
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2011, 08:32:08 pm »
Thank you Jackcrafty!
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