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Pebeo Soleil 110ml - Buttercup
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Setacolor Soleil Buttercup 110ml Bottle of Fabric Paint WHAT TO DO Preparation: Protect your working area with plastic sheeting. Avoid as much sunlight as possible in your working area. Select a working area that will allow you easy access to direct sunlight when ready. Use either a large Paint Brush or Sponge for paint application. Lightly moisten your fabric prior to applying Setacolor Soleil. Shake the Bottle well before use. Setacolor Soleil is READY TO USE. No thinning is required. Techniques: Try some of these Painting techniques on your  Painting with the Sun (Heliographic) Folds and Knots Salt Or combine all of the above with the use of Transfers or Templates. Fixing: Once the material is dry. Remove any masks, salt, knots etc. Iron the material on the reverse side for 3-5 minutes Ensure the Iron is set to COTTON What Type of Materials to use As Setacolor Soleil is Transparent, the choice of a light coloured fabric is essential. For best results use a natural fibre such as cotton rather than a synthetic fibre. Washing the Material Prior to applying Colour. It is very important to wash the fabric prior to applying the colour. This ensures that all dressings to the fabric have been removed. Washing the material after fixing Setacolor Soleil Colours. Once the fabric has been fixed, the material can be washed by: Hand Washing Machine Washing at 40 Deg C (100 Deg F) Dry Cleaning Cleaning of Paint Brushes and Accessories Before the paint has Dried, simply rinse your tools well in soapy water. Selecting Masks You can make your own masks using: Plastic cut-outs Leaves Branches Coins Pasta Lace In fact just about anything your imagination will allow. Painting a T-Shirt Slide a plastic bag, or thick piece of card inside the T-Shirt to ensure that you decorate only one side at a time. Once Dry, flip over and decorate the other side.  Types of Items to paint Let your imagination run wild. Here are a selection of popular items: Sarongs T-Shirts Beach Towels Dresses Skirts Table Cloths Napkins Pillow Cases Sheets Lampshades Cushions Curtains Ties PAINTING WITH THE SUN A particularly simply technique, giving stunning techniques. This process has been used throughout the South Sea Islands of the Pacific to decorate Sarongs or Pareos. Setacolor will react to Sunlight. Select some interesting shapes for your design, such as: Flowers Leaves Netting Feathers Pre-cut cardboard shapes   Gently stretch the fabric over a frame, or spread out on the ground, on plastic sheeting away from direct sunlight Sponge dye or paint the fabric with Setacolor Soleil. If you prefer. Dye the fabric in a bath of Soleil, wringing out excess dye before spreading. Scatter the shapes over the fabric. Once you are happy with the design. Expose the material to sunlight. It is important that the material is not exposed to direct sunlight prior to assembling the design items on the fabric. To add extra effect, sprinkle course salt over the fabric, combining both Heliographic and Salt techniques. In the absence of sunlight, exposure to infra-red light or Sunlamp. To fix: set the iron temperature according to COTTON. Iron the reverse of the fabric for 3 to 5 minutes. Washable 48 hours after fixing   Salt Technique Lightly dampen your chosen fabric with water. Apply the Setacolor Soleil to the fabric using a sponge or large paint brush Sprinkle the fabric surface (painted side) with a dry course salt while the fabric is wet. Allow to dry. Brush or dust off the salt. The salt may be dried and stored for further craft use. To fix: set the iron temperature according to fabric type. Iron the revere of the fabric for 3 to 5 minutes. Washable 48hours after fixing   Folds and Knots Fold and Knot your material Soak either all or part of your fabric in the colour or colours of your choice. Leave for at least 24 hours. The design will depend upon the way you have folded and knotted your material Here are some ides to try: Screw fabric into a ball and tie up with several elastic bands. Chose a point from which you can twist your material, then tie it with elastic bands. Roll or crumple your material then tie it up.