Blotch Prints are prints in which both the background and the motif have been printed onto the white fabric.
Any one of the several methods of application such as block, roller (or) Screen may be used
It is a special variety of direct Print.
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A blotch print is one in which the background colour has been obtained by printing but not piece dyeing.
It is a special variety of direct Print.
The ground and the pattern design colours are Printed onto a white cloth, in one printing operation.
The background may be a light (or) a dark shade, usually there is an obvious difference in the intensity of the background colour between the face and the back of the fabric.
The dye may be forced through the fabric, if the fabric is thin, lessening this difference in colour intensity.
Blotch prints are direct prints.
Sometimes blotch prints are designed to imitate more costly discharge (or) resist Print effects.
One of the problem with blotch prints is that sometimes the large background colour areas of the print are not covered with the full depth of colour.
The overall appearance can almost be a washed-out look rather than a full, rich cover.
Another problem with blotch prints is that minute uncolored areas sometimes appear between the sections of background colour and the resist motif.
Blotch-Printed fabrics coloured with pigments rather than dye may have an objectionable stiff hand.
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