Thursday, February 4, 2010

Can A Waxed Image Be Used On A Scanner Can You Use Candle Wax Instead Of Bee Wax To Paint On Fabric When Dyeing?

Can you use candle wax instead of bee wax to paint on fabric when dyeing? - can a waxed image be used on a scanner

I have lots of candles. I do not know if I could beeswax, candle wax to replace, so that you are working on textile color images. I forget also that this process is called, no one know what I mean. :)

2 comments:

Paula B said...

Using wax as a resist when they called batik dyed fabric. You can candle wax, which is usually 100% paraffin. Most of the batik artists prefer to use a mixture of 85% paraffin wax, beeswax, with 15%. Paraffin is a tough easy to divide, beeswax at all together. A good mix can be seen some of these strips in batik without tissue loss.

A big problem is, batik enough hot wax. If you melt the wax with warm water in a water bath, the wax is not hot enough to penetrate all the tissues as a heavy cotton shirt. It works only on a very fine silk. I Financiers my batik wax mixture to 230 ° C in an electric furnace.

Some people like soy wax, use wax instead of real batiks. It is less resistant) against immersion in water (or color, so you should paint the stain gently. Do not use the soft kind of soy wax, which is used to make candles that remain in their containers for incineration. Use the hardest kind of soy wax to make pillar type candles.

Batiks Another problem is that you should not use ink hot waters, such as Rit dye. The heat needed to make the wax, dye melt, ruining the design. With a contrast of cold water, such as Procion MX dye. A tape of the goodwill of the kits contain all the dyes and chemicals that you need. Avoid tie-ink kits made by Rit, and need the kind of strings Magic tie-dyeing kit, as with boiling water. A Tie-Dye Kit, as they are made by Jacquard, Tulip, Rainbow Rock, Dylon, or ideal.

See this link for complete instructions.

Alex P said...

No, the candle wax very hard and Flakey, as opposed to beeswax. It will not work. I know it's hard to get, but beeswax is the only way I know. I hope I helped.

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