hi people.. new fella here..
anyways im wanting to paint a design onto my denim jeans, a fairly big one with alot of colours. fabric paints around here dont come in many colours at all..im just wondering if anyone knows what type of paint would be suitable, idealy one that i could get in a diy store. i dont mind if after a year or so the thing will fall apart.. or anythink like that.
anyways hope your able to help me. thanks for your time reading this. adios
"bobby" wrote in news:louMe.7838$ snipped-for-privacy@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk:
any acrylic artist paint will work ok on fabric. if you paint too thickly it will crack (less of a problem on things like jacket backs than jeans). if your jeans are dark blue or black you may need a base of white paint (get the titanium white) under any light colours. prewash before painting. after, wash the jeans inside out & line dry and they should hold up fairly well, barring any cheap manufacturing shortcuts lee
Neopaque fabric paint works well with good coverage over darker colors. I've seen it at well-stocked art supply stores, or you can order it from Dharma Trading Company:
ahh thank you all for the advice and info :)
have fun, adios
Fifty years ago, we were expected to mix our own colors -- and then dilute it to the desired intensity with one "extendor" if painting, and a different "extendor" if block printing. Or with white if painting on a dark color, but that was apt to give a "painted" texture to the finished product. (Yes, gang, a thick, tangible, vapor-proof coating on fabric was once something one tried to avoid!)
Joy Beeson
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