Re: Heating pad?
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on January 18, 2000 at 02:26:52:
In Reply to: Heating pad? posted by MyST on January 17, 2000 at 22:09:06:
That would be best for a really tough job ... somewhere henna deosn't
take worth a damn. Heat expands the molecules so dye can enter and
stain more easily. When you're dyeing cloth, anytime you can raise
the dyebath temperature you get a better take.
I don't sleep with a heating pad myself, but when it's a cold snowy
night in northeast Ohio, I often recommend clients do so, and I like
to sleep in a room that's really warm by the furnace. I always get a
better henna stain in the room that tends to overheat to 85F than the
bedrom at 65F. I've seen the difference heat makes .... a friend had
me henna an upper arm band on each of her biceps, I wrapped them, and
she danced around a bonfire clockwise for a couple of hours. Her
right arm was always to the fire and very hot, her left was to the
cool night, and always cold. The next day her right arm henna stain
was WAAAYYYYY darker than the left.
There are some haeting pads that aren't safe to use overnight, but
others are safe .... gotta be sensible about it....