Pébéo Marbling Workbox paint set, 9 × 45 ml + bath powder

Transfer patterns from a water bath

This set lets you float coloured patterns on a thickened water bath and transfer them to paper, cardboard or light-coloured fabric. The process differs from painting marble veins directly onto an object. Light-coloured wood and plaster can also be decorated; test how your chosen surface takes the colour first.

Inside the Workbox

You receive nine 45 ml bottles of Marbling paint: white, lemon yellow, vermilion, Bengal pink, ultramarine blue, cyan, emerald green, sienna and black. The box also contains 35 g of Marbling bath powder, an inspiration booklet, a paper roll and ten sticks. The sturdy cardboard storage box has two drawers and can itself be decorated. The tenth container is the bath auxiliary, not a tenth paint colour.

Prepare the marbling bath

Whisk 7 g of bath powder vigorously into 1 litre of cold water and leave for 2 hours. Pour a layer 1 to 2 cm deep into a flat plastic tray larger than your project. Have the tray and a whisk ready separately. At this ratio, the 35 g powder makes 5 litres of bath in total; prepare small batches and refresh regularly.

Create and transfer your pattern

Drop colours gently onto the bath, allow a few seconds to spread and draw through them with a stick. Drops placed inside one another produce concentric spots. Rest paper or fabric gently on the surface for 10 to 15 seconds, lift off and rinse briefly under running water to remove excess gel and colour. Leave flat to dry. Roll simple three-dimensional shapes over the surface without submerging them.

Fabric, test pieces and safe handling

Let fabric dry, then iron-fix the colours following the label and the fabric’s heat tolerance. Test the complete process on a sample first: colours may become lighter as they dry. Warning: may cause an allergic skin reaction. Contains MIT and CMIT/MIT. Avoid skin contact, keep out of reach of children and follow the packaging’s safety and disposal instructions.

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