Inko Resist

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Reviewed: Wed Aug 19 19:36:00 2009

I was pretty much a novice in using resists, unless you count childhood experiences with crayons on t-shirts, plus I don't have particularly good hand-eye coordination (which is to say I can't draw). I used a rubber stamp, since that is a medium I'm used to. I figured the fine detail would be lost, but I'd at least get the paisley outline. The garment in question was a knit shirt I had previously vat dyed a light sea green--nice color, but after one season I'd gotten bored with it. I did the resist-stamping over a period of several days so each area could dry. That part went smoothly enough, then ironically for someone who has been dyeing fabric since childhood, the problem emerged when I started the over-dyeing process (in bright blue). I was not accustomed to the cold batch method, and I found that using thickened dye on dry fabric was awkward at first. I was using a spray bottle, but I found myself doing a lot of finger-painting. I originally had the shirt laying flat, but I switched to having it hanging from a hanger on the clothes line, and this worked better for me. The shirt turned out beautifully--any errors, as authors say, are my own. The Inko washed out easily with the excess dye, and more detail than I expected remained from the stamp. The rubber stamp itself required a good cleaning between stages with a toothbrush but suffered no noticeable damage.

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Reviewed: Mon May 25 05:54:31 2009

Great product. Can get a batik effect without the fuss of wax. Quart bottles would be more preferable to pints. Please bring back the quarts.

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