Marble Dyeing Fabric With Oil

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Marble dyeing fabric with oil.

Place fabric gently on the pan. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. Apply light pressure to smooth. The floating paints are swirled into patterns.

Graham paints we had on hand. But it was a long fun day. Refer to your fabric paint dye instructions on how to prepare the fabric. Pat down the fabric with your hand so that it makes good contact with the foam along the entire surface.

Marbling is the process of floating paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. Full of oooooh and aaaaahhh sunshine and turpentine fumes. Lay your fabric flat onto the coloured foam. Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.

This will remove any manufacturing chemicals dirt or oil before you begin. Scrape off excess foam. Drip dye colors all over. We wanted to share our method and tips with you so that you can make your own marble marvel.

The rit dye i used said to wash and apply the dye when the fabric is wet. Slowly lift the fabric from the pan. It is that easy. Oil paint colors cheap oil paints should work just fine we used the m.

Begin by pre washing the fabric with detergent preferably an industrial textile detergent such as synthrapol. It s best to do this 12 24 hours before you marble so do it at the same time that you create the medium. We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave. Swirl the drops with a stick.