How To Know Type of Batik Fabric
If you want to buy batik clothes, pay attention to the material. Is the batik made of silk, prime cotton, primisima, polysima, dobi, paris, or shantung. These types of fabrics have different textures and basic materials.
Cotton cloth is a commonly used fabric for batik. There are several grades of cotton fabric. Primisima cotton is better than prime cotton, and polysima is the best of the two. Each cotton has several levels as well. There are coarse and thin, finer and thick and the thickest and smoothest. It all depends on the mixture of cotton fibers used in the manufacture of the cloth.
The Shantung fabric is smooth and cool in texture. There are various levels of Shantung. From thin to thick. Cotton fabric is stronger in fiber than shantung fabric.
Dobi fabric can be considered as a half silk fabric, there are several levels, such as prima and primisima cotton, from coarse to fine, the characteristic of dobi lies in its rough texture. So even in the most delicate dobi we will feel the fibers that stand out.
The paris fabric is soft and falls. The material is thin with strong fabric fibers. Paris cloth has levels like other fabrics.
Silk cloth. You must know the basic ingredients of silk and why silk is so expensive. The texture is soft and falls and is glossy.
Pineapple Fabric. Pineapple fiber has a rough texture similar to dobi. Usually visible tendrils on the cloth and shiny. Almost all fabrics have grades from the coarsest to the most delicate. It depends on the mixing of the basic ingredients for making the fabric.
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