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Dyeing >> Thickeners, Pastes, Assistants & Resists
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Resists including wax and soy flakes, thickening mediums for making pastes from chemicals and paints from dyes, plus the ready-made Jacquard Discharge Paste. Here you will also find dye assistants such as Fixitol P (also known as Retain), Urea, and Ludigol F.

See also 'Painting > Gutta Outliners & Primers' and 'Fabric Crafts > Devorants' for Fiber Etch and Dupont Devore Paste. The 'Printing' section on this web site offers materials and further mediums for creating print


Batik Wax Granules

These paraffin and micro crystalline wax granules give plasticity and some cracking in Batik work and melt quickly and evenly in the wax pot. ...

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Bees Wax Block

Beeswax can be used alone as Batik Wax or added to granules to soften and reduce cracking in Batik work

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Calgon (Sodium Hexametaphosphate)

The original water softener and better than the modern substitute when dyeing, for use in hard water areas and advised when making dye pastes.

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Cold Liquid Batik Wax

Liquid wax for Batik work is used straight from the jar and can be applied with a brush, tjanting or roller. The fabric should be stretched taut on ...

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Deco Reco Decolourant Pure

This discharge paste can be used for discharging Acid dye colours from dyed fabrics or it can be combined with Illuminating Acid dyes to complete the ...

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Deco Reco Pate D'impression

Combine with Deco Reco Decolorant Pure to thicken it for stenciling, painting or printing.

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Dupont Epaississant (thickener)

Thickens Dupont Steam Fix dye colours to allow painting without flooding. Also used for screen printing, free hand work and writing

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Fast Black K Salt

Gives a subtle browning effect to reactive dyes when used as a post-dye wash process, imitating the soga colour used in Batik work. It also turns ...

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Fixitol P (Retain)

Otherwise known as ‘Retain’, Fixitol P can be used to improve washfastness and boost colourfastness, particularly in deep shades and is suitable for ...

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Formosul (Sodium Formaldehyde Sulfoxylate)

Formosul is the active component of Discharge Paste mixed with a thickener and used for colour discharge of selected areas by printing, painting or ...

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Glauber's Salt

Glauber's salt, commonly known as sodium sulfate or sodium sulphate, is used to help prevent streaking and improve colour absorption when dyeing with ...

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Hard Soy Batik Wax Flakes

Use as a non-oil based resist for painted fabrics to create a Batik effect. Dye fabric at room temperature with Fibre Reactive (Procion MX) dyes and ...

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