The Effect of the Composition of Alginate Flour on the Making of Batik Simbut

Abstract

Batik simbut is batik made using cold wax. A breakthrough in the batik making process, now batik can be done using cold wax. If in general, many batik craftsmen use wax heated by the stove, then this cold wax does not need to be heated by the stove. The batik wax is a material that is used to cover the surface of the cloth according to the batik motif so that the covered surface has a resist or rejects the color applied to the cloth. In making batik simbut as a barrier used cold wax, including from alginate flour. The objectives of this study were: to determine the composition of Alginate Flourneeded to make cold wax batik wax and to determine the effect of the composition of Alginate Flouron on the quality of cold wax batik results. The research method used includes the test of composition and test results of manufacture. The procedure for implementing the research stages is as follows: 1). Determination of the wax composition; 2). Making cold batik wax with Alginate Flouraccording to the composition; 3). Batik process and coloring trials; 4). Wax release / pelorodan process; 4). Test the results of the manufacture. The results of sample trials with the composition of 2 ounces of alginate flour, 1 g of palm sugar, 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, ½ spoon of salt, and 30 ml of water have the best quality level of batik smoothness compared to other samples. This sample also has the best quality of the sharpness of the motif compared to other samples.