Marble Dying Fabric With Oil

Fabric prepared for dyeing is a perfect choice but any cotton fabric will do.

Marble dying fabric with oil.

Get the fabric supplies you need at onlinefabricstore. Start with 100 percent cotton fabric. This will remove any manufacturing chemicals dirt or oil before you begin. Wear disposable gloves while treating and marbling the fabric.

Remember when using procion time equals color. The art of suminagashi japanese marbling craft therapy. Alum is corrosive and will destroy cloth if not washed out soon. How to dye fabric.

Begin by pre washing the fabric with detergent preferably an industrial textile detergent such as synthrapol. Once layed out let your fabric sit for 20 30 minutes. The science behind these colorful marbled oil and vinegar eggs is in the dyeing process. Drip dye colors all over.

We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave. Peel up and lay out on plastic keeping the shaving cream side up. The simple science of oil and vinegar dyed eggs. Place fabric gently on the pan.

Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water. Wash fabrics to remove any coatings. Swirl the drops with a stick. Full of oooooh and aaaaahhh sunshine and turpentine fumes.

After a minimum of 2 hours you can rinse your fabric. Apply light pressure to smooth. The rit dye i used said to wash and apply the dye when the fabric is wet. Cover with another sheet of plastic.

Pat down the fabric with your hand so that it makes good contact with the foam along the entire surface. This keeps the fabric moist and the dyes reacting 15. Your good old food coloring from the grocery is an acid base dye and the vinegar traditionally used to dye eggs helps the food coloring to bond to the eggshell. Once you feel that all of the fabric is in contact with the foam you can pull it off by grabbing an edge of the fabric and.

Oil paint colors cheap oil paints should work just fine we used the m. Scrape off excess foam. Then you capture your design by laying a treated piece of fabric or paper down on top of the paint to transfer the swirls to the fabric. But it was a long fun day.

We wanted to share our method and tips with you so that you can make your own marble marvel. Lay your fabric flat onto the coloured foam. The floating paints are swirled into patterns. Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.

It s best to do this 12 24 hours before you marble so do it at the same time that you create the medium. Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.