How to paint clothes?

Any thing eventually loses its brightness and attractiveness. Frequent washing, negative exposure to direct sunlight, non-observance of the rules of clothing care - all these factors lead to the fact that the fabric loses its original color, becomes dull, lifeless and worn out. Return the things a beautiful view, to emphasize their individuality will help us dyes. And for a creative person, the old thing is a great opportunity to experiment and turn your old T-shirt into a real masterpiece that no one else will have. We will tell you how to paint clothes at home, what kinds of dyes are there and share some tricks from professionals who will help beginners in this difficult matter. So, how and what can you dye your clothes?

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Where to start, here's the question

Before you start painting, it's worthwhile to weigh all the pros and cons again. There is always the risk of getting the wrong color, or even spoiling your favorite thing at all. If you are still inclined to paint, then the next item will be determining the composition of the fabric. This moment is very important:

• If a thing made of natural material, it will easily be painted, and the color will be bright. Such lightly-colored natural fabrics include cotton, linen, and, of course, everyone's favorite jeans. It is easy to paint in the right color silk and wool, as well as mixed textiles: semi-silk or semi-woolen products.
• And here with artificial tissues the situation is not so simple: they can turn into pale colors. For example, if you are expecting a juicy green color, you will be surprised at the output in the form of a faded color of a greenish shade, which, moreover, shades after the first wash.

Important! There are such synthetic fabrics, to which the paint does not stick at all, it just drains along with the water.

If you're wondering how to paint a jacket black at home, but this jacket is made of synthetic material, then it's best to instruct the case to dry cleaners. And at home, it's easy to cope with T-shirts, dresses, skirts, especially popular painting jeans.

Important! Determine the composition of the fabric is not always easy, of course, on the labels it is written, but this does not always correspond to reality. Therefore, always be guided by common sense and remember that the item being decorated can be completely ruined, even if you do everything correctly.

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Choose the color

The one who thinks that you can paint clothes in any color, that is deeply mistaken. In fact, you can choose only a color that will be darker than the original version. It will not be possible to turn a brown sweater into yellow or pink. Do not also expect that a white T-shirt for one color will turn black. No, dear women of fashion - a maximum of dark gray.

The most ideal option if you try to achieve a deeper shade. For example, it's easy to repaint light blue jeans in dark blue.

Important! If, after painting, the wet thing seems very dark to you, do not worry, wait until it dries, and then evaluate the result of your work.

You can take a test piece of cloth, suitable for quality, and conduct experiments on it, achieving the desired shade.

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Types of dyes

There are many artificial colors in different colors and shades for different types of fabric. They are in the form of powders, crystals, or liquid.

Important! Liquid use is easiest. If you decide to use the finished dye, carefully read the instructions. There will be indicated the types of fabrics for which it can be used and the right amount of substance. It is calculated according to the weight of your thing.

Many people prefer to paint with natural substances. Their color is not so intense, but the risk of spoiling the thing is minimal. Here such popular recipes will be useful:

• A brown shade of things will be given to onion peel, tea, coffee, cinnamon, henna, basma and buckthorn bark.
• Green color will help you get spinach, poplar bark, juniper berries, sorrel, elderberry leaves.
• Black color can be achieved with natural coffee.
• For red color, you can use blueberries, beetroot, herb oregano.
• Orange will be pampered by sea buckthorn, turmeric, celandine.
• Blue and blue will give a blackberry, sage, flowers of ivan-da-marya.
• For yellow color, wormwood, carrots, nettle roots, turmeric, birch bark, orange peel will respond.

Important! Using natural dyes, observe the following conditions:

• The selected raw material is poured with water in a ratio of 1 to 2, put on a plate and bring to a boil.
• The dye should now be infused. The longer the raw material is infused, the more saturated the color will be.
• After that it needs to be filtered, and the natural color is ready.

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Painting procedure

So, we chose the dye, how to repaint the clothes in a different color?

• First thing you need to wash, you can paint only clean clothes.
• Lightly soak the object to be painted in warm water.
• Dissolve the paint in water.
• For painting, the enameled old saucepan or bucket is best. Pour water into the container with dye, add two tablespoons of salt and mix.
• Next, put the tank on the fire and bring the liquid to a temperature of 40 degrees. Then we put our clothes there. The liquid must completely cover the thing.

Important! Natural fabrics can be brought to a boil, artificial - it's not worth it, it all depends on the material and the dye.

• Keep clothes in the dye for 20-30 minutes, periodically flip over so that it is evenly dyed.
• Then remove the painted thing and rinse it first in warm water, then in a cold one. Rinse should be done until the water is clean, without any paint impurities.
• Then pour a half-glass of vinegar into the pelvis, add a little water and put on the clothes for a few minutes.
• Then rinse in cold water and hang dry.

Important! Do not forget to wear protective gloves before the staining procedure.

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Washing in the washing machine

Technical progress has led us to paint clothes in a washing machine. It's even easier, the main thing is to observe the following rules:

1. Prepare a solution with paint and salt, pour it into the drum together with the clothes that you are going to paint.
2. Set the mode to 60-80 degrees without pre-soaking.
3. After the end of the wash cycle, rinse the item separately in water with vinegar to fix the result.
4. After this, once again start the empty washing machine for one more cycle to clean it from the paint.
5. Try not to wash immediately after that white linen.

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Little tricks:

• To paint things that are black, red, burgundy or brown in color, add a little green dye to the black paint.
• If we paint a green thing in black, we need to add a little purple or brown dye.
• Before painting, the product needs to be weighed - it will be possible to calculate the amount of the dye more precisely.
• Dishes after staining can not be used for cooking.
• If the cellulose tissue is unevenly dyed, dip it into hot water with detergent. This will help to straighten the color.
• If the item subsequently goes to the interlacing, then before painting it is best to rip at the seams.
• At the bottom of the tank it is better to put a plank so that the thing does not burn out.
• Wool products after painting, dry on the shoulders, otherwise they will stretch.
• First 2-3 times wash the painted things separately from the others.
• With each rinse add vinegar, this will help to preserve the color longer.
• Silk products are not recommended to squeeze.
• Use powder for colored linen.
• Do not dry clothes in direct sunlight or on a battery.
• Do not paint swimsuits, they are usually made of synthetic fabrics, poorly absorb the paint. In addition, they are all the time or wet, or dried in the sun, and the paint quickly peers off.

In this article we told you all about how to paint clothes. Use this information to breathe new life into your things!