TIE AND DYE TECHNIQUE

by Agita Ainur
The tie dye technique is a method of dyeing / coloring textile materials by tying the
material according to a pattern so as to produce a motif on the fabric. Fabrics that are dyed with
the tie dye technique are called jumputan, tritik and sasirangan fabrics. (Herawati, 2011)
Jumputan, tritik and sasirangan fabrics have high artistic value, but their manufacture requires
perseverance and thoroughness. This technique produces a unique coloring motif on batik cloth.
Its uniqueness is not found in the image of the batik cloth canting, but the pattern or way of
holding the color on the batik cloth.

The materials used in the tie-dye technique are very diverse, but the ones that are mostly
used are napthol and remazol. In this practice, the material used is napthol dye because the basic
material is cotton. The napthol that is meant for dyed batik dyes is not the usual type of napthol
for dyeing jeans, but a cold type of napthol, called cold napthol because the dyeing process is not
boiled like napthol dye for jeans. While napthol dyes for batik are napthol dyes that must be
generated with a color generator (Diazo salt).

 The tools and materials needed for the tie-dye technique are :

Tools: Ingredients:
1. 4 buckets/ bath tub 1. T-shirt made of 100% cotton
2. Spoon 2. Napthol
3. Gloves 3. Diazo salt
4. Measuring scales 4. NaOH
5. Pot 5. Rubber or rope
6. Stove

 Working Steps of the tie-dying technique are :

1. Prepare tools and materials
2. Tie the t-shirt according to the desired motif
3. Prepare 3 buckets filled with 1 liter of water each
4. Then also prepare boiling water
5. Weighing Napthol and diazo salt in a ratio of 1: 3
6. Dissolve Naptol + NaOH using boiling water and stir until evenly mixed
7. Napthol that has been dissolved in boiling water, mixed with 1 liter of water
8. Also dissolve the diazo salt in 1 liter of water in a different place, the salt must be
thoroughly mixed with the water
9. Wet the shirt that has been tied first
10. Put the wetted shirt into the naptol solution, make sure the naptol water absorbed by
the shirt doesn't drip anymore
11. Enter the shirt that has been dipped in the napthol solution into the salt solution
 12. The shirt is rinsed until it's clean
13. If the desired color is getting stronger, then you can repeat steps number 10 and 11.
With a note after the salt solution must be rinsed first and then put into the naptol solution

The following is a photo of the result of the tie-dye technique :

*noted : the salt is not table salt, but for dyeing

Herawati, enis niken. (2011). Lembaga Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Universitas Negeri
Yogyakarta. Wacana Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Majalah Ilmiah Populer, 6–8.