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Experiment No 8

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CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF TEXTILES - II

Experiment No 8
Resist style (Batik Printing) of cotton fabrics with Reactive cold brand dyes

AIM: To print the given cotton bleached fabric with wax and dye using cold brand Reactive
dyes.

APPARATUS: Dye vessel, watch glasses, glass rod, graduated pipettes.

CHEMICALS: Paraffin wax, resin, common salt, soda ash, acetic acid.

PRINCEPLE:
‘Batik' is an Indonesian word describing a form of resist printing which, although known and
practiced as a native craft in south-east India, Europe and parts of Africa, has achieved an
unrivalled degree of craftsmanship in the Island of Java. It is a characteristic of the Java batik that
the resist is obtained by applying wax to both sides of the fabric. Dyeing is then carried out in the
cold to avoid melting the wax, thus confining the coloration to the unwaxed area. Selective further
waxing and re-dyeing allows a variety of colourings of increasing depth to be built up additively.
Where complete colour changes are required the wax is completely removed in boiling water and
the washed and dried cloth rewaxed to cover those areas that it is desired to protect from further
dyeing.
The cloth to be printed is first treated with a thin starch solution and ironed; this preliminary process
improves the results and tends to prevent undue penetration of the wax into the cloth. Usually, the wax is
printed on both the face and the back of the fabric, and the results are better if the wax is not allowed to
penetrate the cloth but rather to form layers on the two surfaces. In this way the edges of the objects appear
sharper in the final result. If a batik showing a 'crackle effect'is required, a resist consisting of a mixture of
paraffin wax and resin is used. A suitable mixture is one of 4 parts of rosin with 1 part of paraffin wax, or
3 parts of rosin with 1 part of paraffin wax should the rosin be a high-melting variety. The higher the
proportion of paraffin wax in the mixture the more brittle becomes the print and the more pronounced the
'cracking'.
RECIPE:

Sr. No. Ingredients and parameters Requirements


1 Procion M Dye (%) 2.0
3 Common salt (gpL) 35
4 Soda ash (gpL) 20
5 MLR 1:30
6 Temperature 30°C
7 Time (min) 60

DYE SOLUTION PREPARATION:


• Weigh 1g of dye.
• Make a paste using TR Oil.

DR SANJAY K B C PANDA, ASSOCIATE POFESSOR, IIHT VARANASI 1


CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF TEXTILES - II

• Add little water warm water and stir it.


• Add further warm water to make the total volume of 100 mL.
• This solution is now 1%.
• Pipette the required amount of dye using following formula.
𝑾∗𝑷
𝐃𝐲𝐞 (𝐦𝐥) =
𝑪
Where, W= weight of yarn, P= required % of shade, and C = concentration of dye solution.

CALCULATION:

Weight of cotton hank = X g


Total volume of Dye bath = (X*MLR) = V mL
Volume of Dye solution = A mL
Volume of acid = B mL
Volume of salt = C mL
Volume of water = (V-(A+B+C)) mL

PROCEDURE:
• Melt the paraffin wax in wax vessel.
• Using glass rods apply the melted wax on the fabric to make a design of your choice where you
want to resist the color.
• Air dry the fabric to harden the wax.
• Then dye the fabric in cold with reactive cold brand dyes.
• Once the dyeing is completed, remove the wax by boiling the fabric in hot water.
OBSEVATIONS:

CONCLUSION: The given cotton bleached fabric is printed in batik style using paraffin wax and
(Reactive cold band Dye Name) to x% shade as per the process recommended for Reactive dyeing.

QUESTIONS:

Q.1. What Batik printing?


Q.2. How to get a crackle effect in batik printing?
Q.3. Why do we advised to used cold brand dyes for batik printing?
Q.4. How can you remove the wax from the dyed fabric apart from boiling water technique?

DR SANJAY K B C PANDA, ASSOCIATE POFESSOR, IIHT VARANASI 2

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