Tools and Raw Materials

Design Resource

Batik Printing - One Among The Various Kinds of Prints

The tools that are required for the Batik Printing:

• Bleaching Machine	- Fabric is bleached in the machine to get a white tone.
• Pot	- The pot is used to melt wax under certain temperatures.
• Wax thermometer	- Is used to check with the temperature of the wax.
• Tjanting	- Is used to make the melt wax flow through the column.
• Flat brushes	- Brushes are used to coat the fabric with melt wax.
• Newsprint paper	- Is used to sketch the required designs.
• Fabric	- Cotton and silk fabrics are used, on which the waxing takes place.
• Wax	- Bee wax and paraffin wax are mixed together and used.
• Print blocks	- Wooden blocks are used to print the melt wax.
• Paint brush	- Paint brush is used to spread the melt wax.
• Sponge	- Sponge is used to apply colors to spaces formed my motifs.
• Plastic bowls	- Are used to mix colors.
• Scissors	- Are used to cut the fabric.
• Hypo liquid	- Is the effective whitener for fabrics.
• Butter paper	- Is used to transfer the design on the fabric.
• Stylus	- Customized stylus made of coconut husk is used to outline the designs.
• Sand table	- The table frame filled with sand is used to place fabric and apply the melt wax.
• Colors	- Various colors are used to dye the fabric.
• Water tank	- Fabric is washed in open water tank after dyeing.
• Acid solutions	- Some acid solutions help retain the colors (Sulphuric & Nitric).

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