Paints for painting

  A lot of things are available in stores for fabric painting.

 Different types of paint which I have tried are

·         Ordinary acrylic paint in different colours.

·         Pearl/metallic shades: these are paint which have a shiny effect. These are used directly without water. I have found that with the use of water the gloss  and colour separate out.Mettalic shades include gold silver copper ,bronze. They are available as powder form and liquid form. The powder form has to be mixed with water. But nowadays since the liquid form is available it is always better to use it.

·         Fabric pens: these can be used for quick painting. easy to handle especially for kids. Useful for writing text on T-shirts.

·         Fluorescent shades: Bright shades in different colours useful for bright T-shirts ,banners,

·         Spray paint: Useful for colouring a large area where manual painting is hectic. Also for quick spray painted effect on T-shirts.

·         3D-outliners: available in ordinary, pearl, metallic and glitter shades. These are great for borders and to give that final finished look.

Please respond if you know of any other form of fabric paint. Personally I prefer to use the ordinary paint as they last much longer after frequent washes than pearl shades.