Yowzer!! Did these batiks bleed!!
 

Wow!! Thank goodness for Snythrapol & Retayne!! I was pre washing some brown & copper batiks to prep for a quilt and the water was a bright orange color!! - the most bleeding that I have encountered in a long time and these were good quality batiks! I am so glad that I decided to treat them before using or I would have had a big dye mess later!!

Used Synthrapol in the first bath and then after rinsing used Retayne - maybe this is over kill but I don't want any 'accidents' later!! They finally rinsed clear - I even cut up a color catcher sheet and put pieces in the final rinses to be sure!

I don't trust the color fastness of any batiks or even regular fabric and I will not take a chance of a project being ruined after all the hard work put into it so I use the chemical setters alot! I find I go through so many of the little bottles - the LQS just sells 4 oz bottles and I am constantly emptying them and running to buy more! I asked at the LQS but they don't have a supplier for larger bottles so I guess I have to find it online.

Has anyone dealt with an online supplier for larger bottles of Retayne & Synthrapol? Info/references appreciated :) Thanks!! :)

My quilt store carries the larger bottles -- thank goodness!!

Dharma Trading company. http://www.dharmatrading.com/chemica...additives.html

Yep. Dharma has the best prices and much larger sizes. A gallon for $28.95. Would that last you awhile? :)

Jane

yep Dharma has great service and I get mine by the gal. from them,

Amazon has 16oz Synthrapol bottles for $13.95 (Prime) and 16oz Retayne bottles for $15.25 (includes shipping).

Your LQS can buy the Retayne in the 16 oz bottles.
I pay about the same price locally as Prism has quoted you via Amazon.

I never use Synthropol.

I do use the Dr. Beckmann's Colour Catchers as my check that the colour is stabilized.

Thanks for the links :)

Has anyone tried the Dharma Professional Textile Detergent? [h=1][/h]

I guess I'm a lone wolf, I don't bother with all those fancy, expensive detergents. I simply put my bleeders in very hot water with a teaspoon of my regular laundry detergent and let them soak overnight. Works every time and they never bleed again.

Having been to where batiks are made.... trust me .. even if they did not bleed.... wash them!