Making Batik 2
After the motif has been drawn at the cloth, then the next step is colouring with dye stuff.
Figure 5. Coloring the Batik cloth in the dye stuff
The wax at the cloth is removed with simple tool. This step we can say rough removing because some wax still exist.
Figure 5. Removing wax from cloth
The rest of wax will be removed with boilling the cloth in the hot water
Figure 6. The final cleaning is using clean water
At the final cleanning, Batik processing is finish and then Batik can be further processed for cloth, bag, hat, T-shirt, etc.
Luwes Group keeps the original batik making method and you can see directly the process of making batik by visiting:
Luwes-Luwes Batik Company
Phone/fax: +62 274 375194
Jalan Rotowijayan 21
Yogyakarta
Indonesia - 55132