a woven cotton fabric application_number US 26084199 A description the present invention is performed in the reverse order of traditional garment or fabric screen printing according to the present invention the garment or fabric is print prepared e g scoured and bleached white or griege unprepared with a chemical system including a dye blocking print paste and a dye enhancing print paste the dye blocking print paste includes a wetting agent a thickener paste and a dye blocking agent the dye blocking agent including a cross linking resin and a dye resist to selectively decrease the shade of the dye in the preferred embodiment the dye enhancing print paste includes a wetting agent thickener and a dye enhancing agent which is used to selectively increase the shade of the dye in the preferred embodiment the thickener paste for both the dye blocking and the dye enhancing print paste is an acid alkali stable hydroxypropyl guar derivative polyscaharride dispersed in an invert emulsion specifically the polysaccharide concentrate includes about 35 weight percent water 10 weight percent emulsifier 10 weight percent polysaccharide and 45 weight of a petrol solvent also the cross linking resin used in the dye blocking agent is preferably a pre catalyzed glyoxal resin although it is believed that a self catalyzed glyoxal resin might also work in the preferred embodiment the dye resist used in the dye blocking agent is a low molecular weight polyacrylic acid having a molecular weight of about 2000 one suitable dye resist is sold under the tradename burco u00ae dye resist 118 by burlington chemical company inc of burlington n c the assignee of the present invention finally the enhancing agent used in the dye enhancing print paste is preferably an epoxy functional quaternary ammonium.