Traditional Canting consists of copper wax-container with small pipe spout and bamboo handle.

Traditional canting is made of copper, bronze, zinc or iron material, however modern version might use teflon.

Canting is derived from Javanese word of canthing ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ (IPA: t͡ʃɑnʈɪŋ) which means the small scooping tool.

He concluded that this delicate pattern could only be created by the canting, an etching tool that holds a small reservoir of hot wax.

There are three ways of classifying the types of canting: Firstly, the cloth must be washed, soaked and beaten with a large mallet.