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Decola silk paint is a fluid water-based acrylic paint for silk and other thin fabrics. It flows into the fibres for cold batik with outlined areas or freehand designs with soft colour transitions. Use it for a silk scarf, a small fabric piece or a stretched decorative panel.
You receive one 50 ml jar. Choose from 23 colours with individual colour numbers: for example, 322 Pink alongside 373 Geranium Red, or 512 Cerulean Blue alongside 517 Dark Blue. Use both the name and number when replenishing your palette. Brushes, fabric, resist and a stretching frame are separate materials.
The paint is designed for silk and thin natural or synthetic fabrics; the setting process must suit your fabric. Wash without softener, then dry and iron the fabric. Stretch silk on a frame and stir the paint thoroughly. Test the complete painting, ironing and washing process on a spare piece of the same fabric first.
Apply a suitable silk resist in closed lines to keep adjoining colours from flowing together. Allow transparent washable Decola resist to dry completely for about 1 to 1.5 hours, check for gaps and fill them. Then paint the enclosed areas with a soft brush. A permanent coloured outline remains visible; transparent washable resist is removed after setting the paint.
For freehand work without an outline, use a brush moistened with water. To make soft transitions, dampen the fabric, work from light areas towards dark ones and keep moving before hard drying edges form. Flowing colour is part of this technique; choose resist when you want distinct, sharply separated areas.
Allow the painted work to dry for 24 hours. Iron the reverse for 5 minutes at the cotton setting, without steam, using a protective cotton cloth. Only use this temperature if the fabric tolerates it. Wait at least 48 hours after ironing before gentle hand washing at 30 to 40 °C with mild liquid detergent, while also following the fabric care label. Rinse brushes with water immediately after use and close the jar tightly.
Choose a Decola silk outliner for enclosed shapes or explore all our fabric paints and textile painting materials.

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