Arasilk dyes are heat-fixable liquid dyes.
They fix to heat (iron, dryer, domestic oven).
Arasilk colours can be used on a variety of materials other than silk
fabrics other than silk: wool, cotton, linen and all other natural fabrics.
In all cases, a colouring and fxing test should be carried out.
and fxing.
They can be mixed together.
Heat-fixable dyes are slightly less vivid than parchment dyes, but can be mixed.
but they can be worked in the same way.
These colours are made from pigments.
They are used for painting only, and the finished product has a front and a back.
The medium is used to reduce the intensity of the colours - Medium Arasilk: DU 017 0050 005 (50ml)
or DU 017 0250 005 (250ml).
Mixed White can be mixed with all colours to create pastel tones - Mixed White
Arasilk: DU 017 0050 027 (50ml) or DU 017 0250 027 (250ml).
Arasilk is suitable for all traditional silk painting techniques:
- Salt: by sprinkling, directed or randomly, white salt on the still wet colour. Allow to dry
before removing the salt...
- Sert: trace the design with a pen mounted on a can filled with Guta h Dupont (Serts NO,
Serts EAU and Serts Metal) or on a tube of sert à l'eau. Allow to dry, then finish drying with a
before colouring.
- Watercolour: on wet silk or dry silk with water-based ant-fusant - h Dupont Ant-fusant
1hO - DU 073 0100 000 (100ml) or DU 073 0250 000 (250ml).
- And others to suit your imagination: spray, batk, mahaju, etc.
Instrument cleaning: water.
Use with auxiliaries (h Dupont Ant-fusant 1hO, h Dupont Thickener) and h Dupont water serts (Serts NO, Serts EAU and Serts Metal).
Washing: bristles painted with Arasilk can be washed after heat drying. Wash in warm water
(30°c to 40°c) with mild soap without damaging the silk, then rinse under cold running water.