acrylic paint
K. Boyd
your stamps off quickly to stamp with it and not mess up your stamp? I want
to stamp a pair of Keds, but I don't want to go out and buy fabric ink stamp
pads. I'm going to wear the shoes as part of a costume during a show, so
the ink only needs to hold out for about three weeks. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kelli
Wendi Dunlap-Simpson
<keb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried stamping with acrylic paint? Is it possible if you wash
> your stamps off quickly to stamp with it and not mess up your stamp?
I've done it. Just keep the ink from drying on the rubber and it works fine.
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the stamp, it flakes off later anyways.... I've done this on wood and fabric and
it works great! :) Good Luck!!
Jennifer
"K. Boyd" wrote:
> Has anyone tried stamping with acrylic paint? Is it possible if you wash
Lenna Andrews Foster
Acrylic paint should work fine if you are using a bold stamp. Just brush
it on with a foam brush. Clean it up quickly when you are done stamping,
don't let it dry on the stamp. An old toothbrush, a little soap & water
should do.
If you are keen on using a detiled image though, you'll find that a
Fabrico Ink pad would make the print much more to your liking. My best
advice would be to practice your stamping on scrap fabric 1st, before
hitting those sneakers. If you want the stamping to last, throw the
sneakers in the dryer (after they are dry) for about 20 mins to heat set
them. Have fun! More info on my site...(below in signature)...I teach
fabric stamping in CT! :0)lenna
K. Boyd wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried stamping with acrylic paint? Is it possible if you wash
> your stamps off quickly to stamp with it and not mess up your stamp? I want
> to stamp a pair of Keds, but I don't want to go out and buy fabric ink stamp
> pads. I'm going to wear the shoes as part of a costume during a show, so
> the ink only needs to hold out for about three weeks. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Kelli
>
> keb...@mindspring.com
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I've tried it, and if you clean the stamp with water immediately it comes
clean. Just don't let the paint dry. I often add some Dawn dish detergent
to my rubber scrubber when stamping--it's the best cleaner I've used. So
good that the ladies in my stamp club now buy Dawn for stamps--don't know if
they use on the dishes though. :) Your sneaker idea sounds great!
--Laurie
Margaret Donnelly
for painting on canvas. This not only makes the paint more "flexible" for
fabrics (won't crack as easily), but it gives you more working time with
the paints--good if you're stamping!
Margaret
In article <7c4sb1$rkf$1...@camel19.mindspring.com>,
K. Boyd <keb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Has anyone tried stamping with acrylic paint? Is it possible if you wash
>your stamps off quickly to stamp with it and not mess up your stamp? I want
>to stamp a pair of Keds, but I don't want to go out and buy fabric ink stamp
>pads. I'm going to wear the shoes as part of a costume during a show, so
>the ink only needs to hold out for about three weeks. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Kelli
>
>keb...@mindspring.com
>
>
>
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Helen Fleischer
wrote:
>Go out and buy some Acrylic medium for your paints. I used a fabric medium
>for painting on canvas. This not only makes the paint more "flexible" for
>fabrics (won't crack as easily), but it gives you more working time with
>the paints--good if you're stamping!
This sounds like a great idea. Are you mixing this with tube acrylics or
bottled? One bottled brand I have in my stash says it's a multi-surface
acrylic for fabric, among other things, so I'm thinking this uses a
medium similar to the fabric medium. I tried stamping with it, using a
foam brush to apply the paint to a hand-carved polymer clay stamp.
Perhaps the stamp needs more tooth, but it seemed to me I did not get
enough paint onto the stamp with the foam brush. I ended up painting
over the stamped image. The "stamp" is similar in many ways to a
linoleum block, so I'm thinking maybe I should use a brayer to apply the
paint, just as I use one to apply printing ink to it. Have you had
experience with that? Any hints? Any other ideas?
he...@min.net http://www.min.net/~helen
Helen "Halla" Fleischer,
Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA
Margaret Donnelly
Helen Fleischer <he...@min.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:29:54 GMT, mw...@netcom.com (Margaret Donnelly)
>wrote:
>
>>Go out and buy some Acrylic medium for your paints. I used a fabric medium
>>for painting on canvas. This not only makes the paint more "flexible" for
>>fabrics (won't crack as easily), but it gives you more working time with
>>the paints--good if you're stamping!
>
>This sounds like a great idea. Are you mixing this with tube acrylics or
>bottled? One bottled brand I have in my stash says it's a multi-surface
>acrylic for fabric, among other things, so I'm thinking this uses a
>medium similar to the fabric medium. I tried stamping with it, using a
>foam brush to apply the paint to a hand-carved polymer clay stamp.
I think it was Aleen's acrylic paint. There was a fabric medium in that
same line. I used it and it was much "softer". I used foam stamps to
stamp on the fabric.
>
> Perhaps the stamp needs more tooth, but it seemed to me I did not get
>enough paint onto the stamp with the foam brush. I ended up painting
>over the stamped image. The "stamp" is similar in many ways to a
>linoleum block, so I'm thinking maybe I should use a brayer to apply the
>paint, just as I use one to apply printing ink to it. Have you had
>experience with that? Any hints? Any other ideas?
I did that too, when I was using the stamp on fabric. I haven't used
polymer clay as a stamp--just the big chunky foam stamps. I didn't get
as nice an impression as I would have liked and I did have to paint over
it with a brush. Next time I work with fabric, I'm going to try Fabrico.
As far as the stamp needing more tooth, I'm not sure about polymer clay
stamps. I remember reading that when you're stamping with acrylics onto
fabric, you may want to let it dry a little before stamping to give the
paint a little "tooth" to adhere well. Since I read this *after* my
project was complete, I'm not sure how it works.
Good luck!
Margaret
Helen Fleischer
wrote:
>As far as the stamp needing more tooth, I'm not sure about polymer clay
>stamps. I remember reading that when you're stamping with acrylics onto
>fabric, you may want to let it dry a little before stamping to give the
>paint a little "tooth" to adhere well. Since I read this *after* my
>project was complete, I'm not sure how it works.
This one is very smooth, like linoleum block, and about as rigid,
because I used original Sculpey. I like that idea about letting the
paint try a bit to get tackier. The Folk Art Fabric medium seems to make
the paint take hours to dry rather than minutes. I touched a painted
area on a sweatshirt over an hour later and it was still wet!