The aim of this research is to study white and colour resist printing of dye extracted from dry nipa palm shell. The printing recipes and fixation condition were studied in this work. The result of white resist printing showed that 30 % owp of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) was used to be a resisting agent. The steam fixation for 15 minutes was suitable to show a good white resist printing in whiteness and sharpness of printing pattern. The whiteness value was 35.05. The washing and rubbing fastness were good to very good and light fastness was fair. The tensile strengths of warp and weft directions were decreased to 10.29 % and 4.25 % respectively. The colour resist printing was using Curcuma longa Linn. powder as illuminant dye. The dye was miscible in 30 % owp of sodium carbonate. The colour resist printing results were corresponding as white resist printing results. The 15 minute of steam fixation showed a good colour resist printing. The Curcuma longa Linn dye could be fixed on silk fabric and showed a good colour strength and sharpness of pattern. The washing and rubbing fastness were good to very good. And light fastness was fair. The tensile strengths of warp and weft directions were decreased to 18.37 % and 4.18 % respectively.

The purpose of this research was to study the white resist printing with colour resistant material from flour of wild taro (Colocasia Esculenta (L.) Schott) and using reactive pigment and natural dyes as dyestuffs. Five formulas of printing pastes were applied to light cotton thick cotton and silk fabrics by the use three techniques nauely Silk screen (White resist and colour resist methods)stencil and batik. The optimal ratio of colour resistant materials from flour of wild taro were compose of 20 grams flour of wild taro 32-36 ml. water 30-34 ml. sodium chloride 10-13 ml. calcium hydroxide and 1-4% vegetable oil. The viscosities of printing paste from five recipes were shown in the rage between 559.9-671.9 Centipoise. All five recipes can resist dyestuffs and also easy to remove the flour of wild taro. The pattern at resist printing area of fabrics shows sharpness and whiteness. The colour fastness to washing water and perspiration on cotton and silk fabric results were ranging between poor to fair level when using reactive and natural dyes as dyestuff. However the fastness property of pigment dye shows medium to good level. The colour fastness to rubbing is shown to be in range of 4 to 4-5 for all recipes. The ratings of colour fastness to light in terms of colour change are fair to good (4 to >6).