What can I use instead of alum?

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  1. Teinture Sauvage

    “Instead of aluminum salts, you can use plants as mordants: symplocos (plant alumina), tannin-rich plants (gallnut, sumac, birch bark…), and oxalic-rich leaves (rhubarb, sorrel, beetroot leaves…). At Teinture Sauvage this is how I mordant wool, silk, linen, and cotton. The comparison table summarizes the three types.”

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