How to paint a t-shirt

Reasons painting T-shirts may be different. If you've decided to change the color of clothing alone, there are some interesting ways to do it.

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Preparing for painting

Paint in the home can be like using industrial paints and natural raw materials. The color palette of synthetic dyes is varied, but can be an allergic reaction when working with them. The use of natural pigments is perfectly safe, although the choice of colors is limited.

Before painting shirt have to be clean. Stains, especially greasy, must be removed or not these places to paint. Well to dyeing natural fabrics — cotton, linen, silk, wool and nylon and nylon. Synthetic additives should be less than 10%.

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continuous dyeing

If the goal - just repaint the T-shirt, then you just need to follow the instructions on the packaging of paint. You can use a special paint for machine washing.

For painting with natural pigments in a large saucepan brew a few tablespoons of the selected raw materials - tea, coffee, turmeric, or a couple of handfuls of onion peel. The exact amount depends on the extent to which the necessary color saturation. After brewing, remove the pan from the heat and let stand for half an hour. Then be sure to strain it, add salt at the rate of 1 teaspoon per gallon of water, put in infusion shirt and simmer for about an hour. Remove the t-shirt from the cooled infusion, rinse with warm water. Gently, without twisting, squeeze and put out to dry on a horizontal surface.

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Ombre effect or gradient

Achieve a smooth transition of color, from more intensive to slightly saturated, it is possible in two ways - "Immersion" and "spray". For the first method will need:

paint for clothes;
rubber gloves;
wide capacity;
pencil.

On a T-shirt we make indicative marks of the transition of the shade. In the tank, we drag the paint according to the instructions, then dip a t-shirt on the highest mark on the solution. We give, let's give the paint. Immerse again, reached only until the second mark. We repeat the manipulations several times, constantly increasing the time of finding a T-shirt in the paint and retreating every time the already painted layer. In conclusion, we are riding a T-shirt in acidified water.

For "spraying" you will need:

paint for staining in cold water;
polyethylene tablecloth;
gloves, apron;
spray.

We spread the tablecloth, lay a T-shirt on it. Dravel paint with water in the spray gun. At the same time, water needs to be taken less than indicated in the instructions. Spray to the bottom or top edge of the T-shirt paint. Then you should add water into the sprayer, thereby making the color of the dye less intense. Spray over the first layer. Gradually, adding water, paint the entire T-shirt or part of it.

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Tie-Dye technique

A brighter and fantasy result will give Tai-Dai technique. Things twist and fold in different ways, then color and, thus, create all kinds of patterns and ornaments on the fabric. Especially spectacular looks for multicolored clothes. To become the owner of a hippie new clothes, we do the following:

We put a T-shirt on the oilcloth, we rest in your fingers and start twisting the tissue along the spiral.
The resulting lump bandaged with threads.
We divor the paints in the water. Each color is in a separate container.
Apply paint to T-shirt. It is more convenient to do this with a syringe or brush. You can simply do the fabric to the paint.
We dry without unfolding.
I welt a T-shirt in salted water, dry.

Final result — Color spiral. No less interesting will be the monochrome option.

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Sibari — Tie nodules

The essence of this painting technique in preliminary tying on the tissue of all sorts of nodes with the help of threads, stones and rubber bands. Take small rounded pebbles 6-8 pcs. Place them under the front of the T-shirt and secure threads or rubber bands. Pulse the T-shirt in the paint and leave there for an hour. Then rinse in clean water, having previously removed the stones.