Development of coir coloring filler and peat-based handicraft
2018
Lumata, R.L. | Peñamora, L.J. | Baya. L.J.B. | Tagactac, C.M. | Lumata, A.L.
Currently, stocks of coir are utilized mainly for geotextile and a few handicrafts whereas cocopeat is used as base material for fertilizer development for vegetables. Moreover, coir and peat are produced from coconut husks using the the PCA's fabricated 12HP mobile decorticating machine which has been distributed to several regions in the country as part of KEDP program. In this on going research, novel products are developed for art and crafts which is intended to be tested by the K-12 program in their art classes. The parameters involved for coir coloring fillers are coir size, color concentration, and toxicity analyses of dyes. The coloring art fillers were used for making several portraits which can substitute commercial fillers which are either made of egg shell and other non-organic materials. Cocopeat has been tested as a substitute for plaster of paris in making figurines using white glue as binder; however, several other types of binders are being studied. Plaster of paris, also known as dehydrated gypsum, comes from a nonrenewable resource whereas cocopeat is composed of 60%-70% of the total weight of coconut husks which can be collected thousands of tons each year as Philippines is the second largest coconut producer in the world. This product development from coconut aims to develop high value products which come from a highly sustainable waste resource from coconut (husks) which are just normally burned in copra processing.
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