PERMANENT FABRIC PAINT

WITH FABRIC PAINT MEDIUMS

It's easy to make your acrylics turn into permanent fabric paint.

The following are some of the mediums available to you. A great way to make your fabric painting projects last and last.

GOLDEN's GAC900

GAC 900 is a medium for fabric and clothing applications. It’s a specially formulated acrylic polymer which will need heat-setting. See instructions below.

Added to GOLDEN acrylic paints it gives the fabric great laundering stability. And it keeps the fabric very soft and supple.

What’s really neat too, is that you could simply use GAC900 on it’s own as a basecoat.

Just brush it on the entire area you’ll be painting. Heat set it correctly. Then use your acrylics as you would normally. Finish with a thin topcoat of GAC900 and heat set again.

Effectively, you’re sandwiching your paint between the 2 layers!

HEAT SETTING

GAC900 has to first air dry to the touch to form the initial bond with the fabric.

Then you iron the fabric for 3-5 minutes with a medium-hot iron on the back of the painting. Iron longer and on lower heat for delicate fabrics.

OR

Oven-cure for 1-2 minutes at 300F or 4 minutes at 250F.

OR

Use your laundry dryer at high temperature for 40-50 minutes.

WASHING AND DRYING

Let the painting dry thoroughly (at least 4 days) before washing.

Note that hand washing is always the best method as it increases the garment life. It also insures the permanence of the paint. If laundering, just turn the garment inside out. Use cold water in the gentle cycle and then hang to dry.

Note: GAC900 will release formaldehyde when heat-setting. Please ensure you have adequate ventilation. Do not heat-set near children or pets.

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