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  • July 9, 2019 at 7:26 pm #475498
    moepar
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        I started to make batik t-shirt.
        Made a pretty cool pattern. I have used fluid golden paints. Turned out pretty nice but can’t get all the wax out.
        I had forgotten to b put some newapaper in-between the front & back of the shirt & now have what looks like greasy marks on the back. I tried ironing it again (no effect) & washing it hasn’t done anything for it
        Any suggestions?
        I’m including a pic of back of shirt.

        July 10, 2019 at 5:55 pm #852803
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            Try covering the wax with baking soda, letting the soda absorb the oily part. Maybe overnight. Then try the ironing with a towel under the fabric and a couple layers of paper towels between the fabric and the iron. Crossing my fingers for your success. Tho’ having washed it, you may have set the stain.

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            July 10, 2019 at 7:49 pm #852810
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                When I did batik, to remove the wax I put it in a pot of boiling water with laundry soap stirring it around for a bit and remove and wring out and rinse with warm or hot water. Do not dump the water down the sink!
                I had special rubber gloves which I wore with wool knit gloves inside. The gloves were designed for doing this kind of thing.
                Note what I did was traditional batik. You don’t seem to be doing that because you haven’t dyed this shirt so boiling it may ruin the front.

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                July 11, 2019 at 1:04 pm #852801
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                    If worse comes to worse, you could use the front for a tote or a pillow.

                    I’d love to see the front!

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                    July 12, 2019 at 11:52 am #852806
                    moepar
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                        thank you all for the suggestions. I will start trying them.

                        July 15, 2019 at 10:57 am #852807
                        moepar
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                            Thanks everyone. I got the wax out.

                            I did put it into simmering water. Stirred it til I saw what looked like grease in the water. Took it out, rinsed & dried. No more greasy wax blooms.

                            One small area where the paint was already light had lighted up some. I can add more paint there. Now I know to no or go too lightly

                            July 15, 2019 at 5:18 pm #852804
                            Debby
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                                Congrats, that’s great. Can we see the art on the shirt?

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                                July 16, 2019 at 6:46 pm #852811
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                                    I am glad it all worked out!
                                    Batik is a challenging art form. I loved it because it always pulled a fast one that I had to get creative to fix.
                                    Unfortunately I became allergic to all its components when I hit menopause.
                                    I am looking forward to what you have done.

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                                    July 25, 2019 at 10:56 am #852808
                                    moepar
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                                        Sorry it took so long to get this up. It wouldn’t upload from my phone, so had to get to a computer again.

                                        July 25, 2019 at 11:47 am #852812
                                        Lena
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                                            Lovely colours.
                                            Thank you for showing it.

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                                            July 25, 2019 at 5:49 pm #852805
                                            Debby
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                                                Wonderful! Thanks for showing us. Have you given up on batik or are you going to try it again?

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                                                July 25, 2019 at 11:05 pm #852809
                                                moepar
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                                                    I’m definitely trying more now that I know what I need to do.
                                                    I have been doing it on greeting cards to good effect. I’ve actually sold several of those at the local gallery.

                                                    August 3, 2019 at 8:22 pm #852800
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                                                        I’ve heard of people taking batiked items to the dry cleaner to get the wax out, as well… I assume it works, if they’re recommending it (I’ve never done batik– though I’ve always wanted to– so I couldn’t tell you for sure from personal experience).

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                                                        October 4, 2019 at 10:33 pm #852802
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                                                            That’s very cool!

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