Please read directions carefully before starting.

PROFAB Textile paints are water based pigments designed for easy clean up and application on fiber types, including synthetic blends. Textile paint contains a binder or adhesive that attaches an insoluble particle of color to the fabric. They do not penetrate the fiber, but are in essence glued to the surface. Our Textile Paints have a soft hand and are available in intense colors and as transparent, opaque, pearlescent, and fluorescent.

Transparent paints are suitable for white or lightly colored fabric because they blend with the fabric color and look similar to a dye. Use Opaque paints to cover the color or pattern already on the fabric. Pearlescent paints have a pearl or metallic sheen while Fluorescent paints are luminous under black lights. The colors are intermixable. When heat set properly on fabric without soil release or water repellent finishes, they have good light and wash fast properties though they crock (rub off with abrasion) with repeated wash and wear.

Always test before production runs for adhesion, coverage, washfastness and other specific requirements. For additional information visit our website at www.prochemical.com.

• Wear an apron or old clothes.
• Never use paint utensils for food preparation.

Supplies
PROfab Textile Paint

Optional Supplies
Lo Crock Concentrate

Procedure
1. Scour your fabric by machine washing in HOT 140^oF (60^oC) water, or by hand as HOT as possible with ½ tsp (1.5 gm) PRO Dye Activator or Soda Ash and ½ tsp (2 ml) Synthrapol per pound of fabric (454 gm, or 3 to 4 yards muslin, or 3 medium T-shirts, or 1 sweatshirt, or 8 yards of 8mm China Silk). Rinse thoroughly, dry and iron as necessary.

2. Stir textile paint thoroughly. Apply paint directly from the jar to fabric by screen print, block print, hand paint, or stencil. Air dry textile paint before heat setting. Clean utensils with soapy water. If you are printing one color over another, best adherence takes place when wet paint is applied over still damp paint without heat setting in between. This is known as wet on wet printing.

4. Do not wash for 10 to 14 days after fabric is heat set. Wash fabric with luke warm water, gentle agitation and mild detergent. If patterned item is a garment, turn it inside out for washing.

To thin paint:
To change paint consistency add Lo Crock Solution. This also lightens the color of the paint. Make Lo Crock Solution outlined below. Mix in a one quart (1 liter) container:

• 3 cup (750 ml) water
• 1 cup (250 ml) Lo Crock Concentrate

Color Mixing:

All PROfab Textile Paints (and Color Concentrates) are completely intermixable producing an unlimited rainbow of shades. Make pastel and medium shades by adding and mixing small quantities of the paint into the PROfab Print Base Extender until desired shade is attained. Remember, since the PROfab paints are color intense, ADD THE PAINT TO THE EXTENDER FOR A LIGHTER SHADE !

Below are just a few color mixing guidelines.