Lutradur Product Techniques 4

Lutradur Colouring 4

Why Not Try This …………

Colouring Lutradur with paints

If it works on cloth, it’ll work on Lutradur! If you use thick paint, you will lose the see through nature of the cloth. Better to work with washes of paint. Water based paints work best.

As Lutradur cannot absorb any form of liquid the paint will then dry onto the surface of the fabric. This method will produce a more subtle effect than dyeing.

A piece of Lutradur has been painted with water based acrylic paints directly onto the surface and left to dry.

Nine 20 x 20 cm squares have been cut and stitched together. Each open side has then been folded towards its own centre.

Four have been soldered down to close with a small piece of polyester organza and then the centre cut open and folded backwards.

The other five have been cut open in the same way and a small piece of metallic mesh has been inserted and stitched back together.

Applying paint is a more direct approach than using the transfer dye method but you can use anything that comes to hand, although it is not a good idea to use solvent based products as it may interact with the fibres and melt over time.