Pébéo Setacolor light-fabric workbox, 10 × 45 ml

Colour and detail on light fabric

Personalise a bag, T-shirt or cushion with transparent colour, drawn lines and raised gold dots. The water-based Setacolor paints are for light-coloured fabric: the fabric shows through the ordinary colours. Choose an opaque fabric paint when you need to cover a dark background.

Inside the workbox

You receive ten 45 ml bottles: buttercup, cardinal red, fuchsia, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, turquoise, black, diamond, silver and gold. Diamond, silver and gold are the three glitter colours. Also included are 20 ml gold Setacolor 3D Brod’perle, a black 7A light-fabric marker with a 1 mm brush tip, a palette, a no. 10 flat brush and an inspiration leaflet. The cardboard storage box has two drawers. Fabric is not included.

Prepare and paint

Prewash the fabric and let it dry. Light cotton or linen that tolerates the fixing temperature is a useful starting point; test blended fabrics on a scrap first. Put a protective layer between fabric layers. Stir the bottled paint, use neat for bright colour or dilute with water for watercolour effects. Paint areas with the brush or use your own stamp or stencil. Use the marker for fine lines and lettering, and the tube for raised dots.

Make sun-dried silhouette prints

Use the ordinary light-fabric paint for this technique; do not assume the glitter paints, marker or 3D paint behave the same way. Mix one part paint with two parts water and apply to a damp test piece. Place flat shapes on top and leave outside in the sun until completely dry before removing them. The impression forms as the paint dries; this is a different process from cyanotype and needs no cyanotype chemicals.

Fixing and washing each product

Bottled paint: air-dry for about 1 hour, then iron the reverse for 5 minutes on cotton without steam. Wash up to 40 °C after fixing. Marker: shake and prime the tip, dry for about 2 hours, iron the reverse for 5 minutes and wait 48 hours after fixing before washing up to 40 °C. Gold 3D Brod’perle: dry for about 12 hours, longer in high humidity; no heat fixing is required, and wait 72 hours after application before washing up to 40 °C. Wash and iron inside out; for a combined design, allow the longest waiting time and follow the fabric care label. For 3D decoration use a short wash, no fabric softener and air-dry.

Safety information

Contains BIT, MIT, CMIT/MIT and 1,3-dihydroxymethyl-5,5-dimethylhydantoin; may produce an allergic reaction. Keep out of reach of children. Follow the instructions on each individual container.

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