Pat down the fabric with your hand so that it makes good contact with the foam along the entire surface.
Marble dying fabric with oil.
Start with 100 percent cotton fabric.
Remember when using procion time equals color.
It s best to do this 12 24 hours before you marble so do it at the same time that you create the medium.
Marbling is the process of floating fabric paints on the surface of a thick cellulose solution called size somewhat like oil on water.
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Place fabric gently on the pan.
Lay your fabric flat onto the coloured foam.
Scrape off excess foam.
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This will remove any manufacturing chemicals dirt or oil before you begin.
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.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave.
We wanted to share our method and tips with you so that you can make your own marble marvel.
Plan to marble fabric as quickly as possible after treatment.
Graham paints we had on hand.
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.
Drip dye colors all over.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
Wear disposable gloves while treating and marbling the fabric.
Once layed out let your fabric sit for 20 30 minutes.
The rit dye i used said to wash and apply the dye when the fabric is wet.
Alum is corrosive and will destroy cloth if not washed out soon.
This keeps the fabric moist and the dyes reacting 15.
After a minimum of 2 hours you can rinse your fabric.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
Marble dyeing with shaving cream duration.
Fabric prepared for dyeing is a perfect choice but any cotton fabric will do.
Peel up and lay out on plastic keeping the shaving cream side up.
Wash fabrics to remove any coatings.
Cover with another sheet of plastic.
How to dye fabric.
The floating paints are swirled into patterns.
Oil paint colors cheap oil paints should work just fine we used the m.
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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.
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