Unstable dyes in commercial fabric - - -
11-03-2016, 08:18 AM
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Unstable dyes in commercial fabric - - -
It does seem odd to me that products like Retayne and Synthrapol and color catchers should even be necessary with commercially dyed fabrics that one buys off the bolt at any store.
11-03-2016, 08:34 AM
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don't forget there are loads of hand dyers out there. That is why these products are available, for the people who still hand dye.
Commercial products all depends on the factory and the processes they use. Batiks are still pretty much made the same way they have been for hundreds of years. The batik manufacturers in Indonesia are still done out in the open air, not even in a building.
Commercial products all depends on the factory and the processes they use. Batiks are still pretty much made the same way they have been for hundreds of years. The batik manufacturers in Indonesia are still done out in the open air, not even in a building.
11-03-2016, 12:38 PM
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Prewash makes sense to me, but I have asthma. I have had black, red, green, purple and blue bleed. It's just better for me to prewash than to have to redo or rip out. It's all a matter of preference, isnt it? Oh, and I buy my fabrics at a quilt shop...except for Legacy muslin at JoAnn's.
11-08-2016, 01:01 PM
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don't forget there are loads of hand dyers out there. That is why these products are available, for the people who still hand dye.
Commercial products all depends on the factory and the processes they use. Batiks are still pretty much made the same way they have been for hundreds of years. The batik manufacturers in Indonesia are still done out in the open air, not even in a building.
Commercial products all depends on the factory and the processes they use. Batiks are still pretty much made the same way they have been for hundreds of years. The batik manufacturers in Indonesia are still done out in the open air, not even in a building.
I was commenting on the commercially dyed fabrics that it would seem "reasonable" to me that the dyes should be "set" when I buy them.
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