Revised Material Question

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:57 am

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear when I posed this problem originally and Thanx to Mike for putting me right on this.
What I am doing is painting a crest on to cloth. And to begin with I prepared the cloth by building up a base on it and unto which to paint. This I did by applying PVA (waterbased glue) onto the area to be painted . I then re coated this with acrylic paint so that when everything was dry I had a surface on the cloth on which I could paint the crest. I hope this makes more sense than the last time. Now when I came to the edge of my base where it meets the cloth and was applying one shot by brush the one shot seeped over the edge and bled into the cloth. I suppose what I am looking for is some kind of barrier that would prevent this bleeding. HELP.
Make sense??

Doug Bernhardt · Post by **Doug Bernhardt** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:38 pm

oh it makes sense alright and I didn't reply earlier as I would never take this approach in the first place....and don't have an answer for you from where you're already at. By pva glue, you used Titebond? I would have started by silk screening the whole thing....or at least the first 2 colours. So from here all I could say is....good luck and hope it works out.

Billy Pickett · Post by **Billy Pickett** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:27 am

Try spraying the fabric with HAIRSPRAY before painting it. This works to keep 'sharpies" from bleeding.

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:28 am

Doug Bernhardt wrote:oh it makes sense alright and I didn't reply earlier as I would never take this approach in the first place....and don't have an answer for you from where you're already at. By pva glue, you used Titebond? I would have started by silk screening the whole thing....or at least the first 2 colours. So from here all I could say is....good luck and hope it works out.

Thanx Doug for the response. I assume PVA and Titebond are basically yhe same thing only called different on 2 sided of the atlantic. As I am a novice at this - HOW would you 'silk screen' the whole thing. All answers gratefully received.

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:30 am

Billy Bob wrote:Try spraying the fabric with HAIRSPRAY before painting it. This works to keep 'sharpies" from bleeding.

Interesting idea Billy Bob and thanx for the help. Will the hairspray be visible at all on the cloth that is left untouched?

Doug Bernhardt · Post by **Doug Bernhardt** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:21 pm

Silk screening is way too big a topic for this and maybe someone else can point our man here to some good reading material and help.

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:28 pm

A long time ago, I was told to "mist" or wet a muslin banner before trying to letter on it. I never did it, mainly because I never wanted to letter on muslin, but maybe the concept would come in handy on this project. You could wet the raw section with an atomizer, then wipe off any buildup on the prepared area, then paint up the wet edges. Of course, I would try this on a test piece or two before actually trying it on a finished piece.

Good luck,
Mike Jackson