"Bleach, Buckle and Burn: Chemical Treatments of Fabric" is a comprehensive manual and information resource produced from the ongoing research of Jill Pettifer and Annie Trevillian. It includes recipes, occupational health and safety, material safety data sheets, suppliers list, glossary and reference material for use by individual textile practitioners or institutions.. Bleach (Discharge Printing) when a pre-dyed fabric is printed or painted with a reducing agent which removes the dye Buckle (also referred to as Cockling, Cloque and Lye Crimping) three-dimensional qualities in fabrics are created by the application of strong alkalis (sodium hydroxide) to natural cellulose fabrics which allow the treated areas to shrink and buckle. Burn (Burn-out) involves carbonising the cellulosic fibre content of a fabric (in the form of a design) and then washing it out, so that the physical strength and structural stability of the fabric is still maintained. The effect creates a fabric that is partly translucent and opaque.

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