SET UP BATIK FACTORY

1. Site

You need the following assets:

a) a piece of land measuring approximately 1/2 acre or more;

b) a simple decorating building but enough to protect your products, tools and equipments from rain or any sort of water with a size of at least  40' x 40' (hereinafter called as the "Main Building");

c) a store house within the Main Building where you can keep all raw materials and chemicals;

d) a corner in the Main Building where you can do the soaking and evaporating process for you raw products;

e) an open roof site where you can do the rinsing and boiling process;

f) a Concrete Container or a pool to fill in the water waste or chemicals or toxic from the whole processing system;

g) an open roof site where you can dry up your products;

h) in house section for ironing and packaging;

i) a decorated showroom and guests corner for advertising and the sale of your products; and

j) an office for management, accounting, control and supervision of the factory.
 

Now I will let you know the most basic procedure for a simple batik product.

Firstly, get a plain white cloth with a size of about 2m x 3m. Get any color or a dyer you desire and mix it with about 2L of plain water in a bucket. Dip the cloth into the colored water for 5 minutes. Next, squeeze the cloth and dip it again for about 1/2 hour. Squeeze it again and you might have discovered its original design already created with cloth. Let the cloth dry under the sunlight.

Secondly, you must have about 3L of  Sodium Silicate Liquid. Pour it into a bucket and dip the colored cloth. Apply the chemical thoroughly to the cloth and let it be together for at least 6 hours. Make sure you use proper gloves and goggles because the chemical is dangerous to you skin and eyes. If get infected, wash the affected area immediately with plenty of fresh water until the sticky portion is dismissed.

Thirdly, after 6 hours, take out the cloth and hang it for evaporation at least for another 3 hours or more when the chemicals stop to drop. Make sure you have covered every single drop of the chemicals with the same bucket. This chemicals can be used again and again for next products subject to proper storage.

Fourthly, rinse the cloth with plenty of water until all those sticky chemicals are discharged from the cloth. You may see the color of the cloth is still there and remains intact. You may wash it as many times as you wish if you are not confident about the life span of the color.

Fifthly, dip the cloth into 5L boiled water for 5 minutes. Don't forget to add 5 big spoon of vinegar into the boiled water before dipping the cloth. This is to sparkle the color of the cloth. Then, take it out for rinsing again. The final rinsing may contain any sort or brand of perfume or odour as you wish.

Dry the cloth again and send for ironing.

Now you have the first product of simple batik without using wax or drawing!

I hope you are satisfied with my explanation and will consider my session above as being helpful to you!

In next and further postings, I will continue with the batik production systems with the use of wax, soaking chemicals, color powders, drawing tool called chanting, paintings and the boards for hanging plain clothes.

Till next posting, bye for now from me.