FABRIC PAINTChoosing fabric paint can be quite a challenge. There are so many options available! We've wondered in the past why we need special paint for painting on fabric? Heck, try to get the paint out of your new jeans and see if it'll budge! But, the fact is that without the use of these special formulations and fabric painting mediums, the paint is too stiff and it cracks and peels off. And, fabric paint does provide great coverage while the fabric remains supple. How to choose fabric paint.First you could choose a brand of acrylic paint formulated for use on cloth.Or you could use a paint medium to add to your existing acrylic paints. Or there's the option of using a special pen for fabric. They're a sort of special paint marker. Let's discuss what's available out there.
About DecoArt Fabric PaintDecoArt has a very extensive line of acrylic fabric paint products. Their regular fabric acrylic colors, called SoSoft.The SoSoft line also comes in glitter, metallics, neons, puff paint, shimmering pearls, and dimensional writers. All of these products are washable, non-toxic, require no heat setting and will bond to a wide range of fabrics, even silk. To go a step beyond that, DecoArt also has a line called Fashion Beadz, Fashion Bead Writers and SoSoft Sequin Writers. They also have five different fabric paint products that can be used to create different effects. - The SoSoft Color Resist is a masking fluid for use on fabric. - There’s a pearlizing medium that can be added to SoSoft Fabric Acrylics to create pearly sheen paints. - A Transparent Medium makes, you guessed it... transparent paint. - And a Glittering Topcoat product can be used on its own or over top of your painted design. - In addition, an Ultra White product is specially formulated for use as a prime coat on dark fabrics. Since painting on dark backgrounds can affect intensity, this allows the fabric paints to show their true colors.
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