Instruction Main Page
For Products, Techniques, Projects and Teachers

In this section of our site you will find instructions divided into the six sections listed below

Click a section # below to find out how

Section #1 - Teacher's Corner Includes:

 Carla Pace's Class Music Quilt: Hand Painted Silk Class Project

 Sheila Keltie's Class Seasonal Banners: Hand Painted Silk Class Project

Section #2 - Dye Instruction Includes:

 Opulence Reactive Dyes: Basic silk painting instructions.

 Opulence Reactive Dyes: Microwave dyeing instruction.

• Opulence Acid Dye Immersion Dyeing: For dyeing protein fibers: silk, wool, angora, cashmere, alpaca, mohair, feathers and most nylons.

• Opulence Acid Dyes Colour Blending Techniques: For dyeing protein fibers, hand application painting that may be fixed in the microwave.

• Reactive H Concentrate: How to use the dye with chemical water.

• Synthetic Indigo Vat Instructions: What you need to make a vat and how to use it to dye your cloth.

• Japanese Acid Dye Powders: Making a surface application solution for Rozome

 Reactive MX Dyeing Instruction Main Page: The list is long because it is our most versatile dye

 Reactive MX General Tie Dyeing Info

 Reactive MX Immersion Tie Dye: Long and Short Method directions.

 Reactive MX Rainbow Tie Dyeing

 Reactive MX Immersion Dyeing Cotton or Silk

 Reactive MX immersion Dyeing Wool or Silk

 Reactive MX Painting Solutions

 Reactive MX Print Pastes

 Reactive MX Zip Lock Dyeing

Section #3 - Fabric Paint & Pigment Instruction Includes:

 Opulence Pigment System: Wonderful water based product for silk screening or hand painting.

 Setacolor Transparent Sun Painting: How to let objects placed on wet painted fabric make a design.

Section #4 - Chemical & Thickener Instruction Includes:

• Raycafix: Incredible dye fixative, how to use it to stop fabric from bleeding.

• Making Devoré Paste: How to make your own burn-out paste for fabric etching.

 Discharging with Discharge Paste: Prepared paste for removing coloured areas on natural fabrics.

 Discharging with Thiourea Dioxide: Used to strip colour or make discharge print paste.

 Discharging With Formosul: This is to strip colour or to make negative patterns on coloured fabric.

 Advanced Marble Base Mixing: Quick and easy to mix up to float your marbling colours.

Section #5 - Technique Instruction Includes:

 Bubble Jet Set: Lets you print fabric to make permanent colour with your computer printer.

 Photocopy Transfer Paper: Use in conjunction with a laser photocopier to make a transfer image.

 Photo Transfer Fabric: Use in conjunction with a toner photocopier to make a transfer image.

• Silk Painting: Basic instruction for silk painting.

• Microwave Dyeing: Beautiful free form colour blends, quick and easy.

• Metallic Foils: How to adhere metallic foil to fabric.

• Silk Suede: Making your silk oh so soft and wonderful to feel.

• Japanese Shibori Kit: Shows you how to tie those crazy little knots.

Section #6 - Project Instruction Includes:

• Quick Immersion Tie Dye: A method of tie dying shirts that cuts the time and fuss. Great for schools, parties and clubs.

• Textural Plastic Bag Dyeing Cotton With Reactive MX: This is a quilter's favourite for dyeing colour runs or coordinating fabric quickly and easily. The dyeing is done in disposable zip lock bags - of course you could always do shirts, socks, pants, blouses - well, you get the idea.

• Microwave Technique: Another super easy method for dyeing variegated or blended colour on natural fabrics, ribbons, embroidery threads, etc. - Our Opulence Dyes are great for silk scarves or our silk and rayon velvet. A snap for beginners and a wonderful way to dye background colour for layering techniques.

• Fish Printing: or Gyotaku, not really quick if you have to go fishing, but catch a fish or in a pinch buy one, paint it and print it.

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