How To Make Fabric Paint Out Of Acrylic Paint

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

How To Make Fabric Paint Out Of Acrylic Paint

Use stiff bristled acrylic brushes or sponge brushes for best results. Fabric medium is a necessity to make acrylic paint permanent on fabric.

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After your project is complete let it dry for 24 hours.

How to make fabric paint out of acrylic paint.

If you want to use your paint for darker colors it would be better to use an opaque gloss or matte medium.
This helps to set the paint.
Press your iron down firmly over the painted area for 20 seconds lift and move to next area to avoid scorching.

Expect to use a lot of paint.
Adding a fabric medium to the acrylic paint helps the paint stay flexible and fade resistant.
Turn your iron onto the cotton setting and turn your garment inside out.

Without the fabric medium the paint might start to crack or peel over time.
Naturally they stress that only their medium should be used with their paints but it really doesnt matter if you mix brands.
Fabric soaks the paint into it.

Lay a scrap piece of fabric or an old t shirt over the painted area.
Heat set the paint before wearing or washing.
Fabric medium also makes the material softer even where paint is applied.

Place a vinegar soaked rag over the paint and then iron the painting until the rag is dry.
The acrylic medium allows to paint to go on smoothly and to dry without stiffening the fabric.
The easiest way to make a fabric paint from a basic acrylic paint is to thin it using an acrylic medium.

Almost any company that sells acrylic paint will also sell an acrylic medium.
For one thing it improves the flexibility and adhesion of the paint onto the fabric.
It also enhances blending and workability on all textiles and unprimed canvases.

I used a transparent liquitex gloss medium which works well for light colored fabrics.
You could try heat setting the paint with an iron dont put the iron directly on the painted surface and it may extend the life of the paint.