Cold water dyes and hot water dyes. Dyeing with mordants.

In ‘Batik’ work, molten wax is applied to fabrics before dyeing them.Some chemicals used in identifying and cleaning fabrics are highly flammable, eg, methylated spirit and acetone.

This guide gives an overview of the types of things that should be considered when planning an activity that uses textiles based materials. 

A variety of pigments, paints or inks can be used on textiles.