Printing a pattern design in a white fabric with a chemical (or) wax like resinous substance which will prevent or resist the penetration of dyes. (or) Tiny Puffs of fabric were pulled over a pointed object, and waxed thread was tied tightly below the small puff. Whenever the fabric was to resist the colour, it was tied securely with the waxed thread.
Dyeing: After tying (or) printing the desired design with was, the fabric was dipped into a dye bath. If two, three (or) more colours were desired, the thread was removed and the fabric retied.
The fabric resists the dye penetration in the specified areas. After the fabric has passed through a subsequent dyeing process, the resist paste is removed.
The result is a dyed background with a white patterned area
The results will be same as discharge prints.
Resist printing is not a popular type of Print, it is used where background colour in the fabric cannot be discharged.
In the discharge method, the fabric is first dyed and the colour is then extracted by a imprited chemical; in the resist method, a resist paste is first imprinted and the fabric is then dyed.
The durability of fabric is not affected by the resist method.
Identification
It is usually very difficult to distinguish the difference between discharge prints and resist prints by ordinary visual examination, since both types of Prints produce the same results.
The artistic designs are made by artists and craftsmen who first make their designs on fabric with wax, and then dye the fabric with selective dyes which do not require heat. Repeated waxing, removal, re-waxing and dyeing ultimately creates the batik design, some with a dozen or more colours.
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