Saturday, June 11, 2011

Batik Process

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To begin the process of making batik designs on their raw materials. After the design process in wood raw material by using a pencil and then go to the batik process using raw materials of the night. In its consumer night should be in a liquid state. You do this by way of heating it in a small skillet or commonly called canting in a small stove.
Coloring process
For this wood batik coloring process, the materials used are dyes and dye Naptol indogosol. At the time of the coloring process using naptol substances should not be exposed to direct sunlight because of the color to fade, by contrast dye indogosol need sunshine to generate the color, then to set / lock the color by using a solution of HCL in the dip, giving color to the wood batik This depends on some combination of the desired color. Then for the next process is drying in the sun with an open place. then proceed in the process pelorodan Malam, which uses liquid HCL, caustic soda, Tro or turkish red oil and soda Ash to strengthen the color. wooden batik is washed using fresh water, until completely clean of dirt and HCL solution, and then dried in drying