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What is gutta and a resist and what is the difference between them?
How heavy or thick should a resist line be and how can I tell if it is heavy enough to hold back the dye?
What is the best way to transfer a design from paper to silk?
What is an easy way to paint a design on silk for a specific garment you will make?
How much should I dilute my silk dyes?
What is the advantage of using a dilutant instead of water when you are using silk dyes?
How tight should you stretch your silk and can you re-stretch it once it is wet and droopy with dye?
How can I tell the weight (momme) of silk?
What is the "Serti Technique" for silk painting? How do I go about it?
What is the difference between Silk Paint and Silk Dye?
My gutta did not hold back the dye and now I have a leak. How do I fix this?
What is the best way to get a good salt effect when painting on silk?
How can I obtain a colored gutta line without using colored guttas?
How do I cut the silk in a straight line before stretching it on stretcher bars?
Where and how close together should I place the silk tacks?
How do I keep the dye off of my stretcher bars?
What is the "sugar" technique on silk and how do I do it?
My resist lines are too wide, what is wrong?
There are little blobs of resist at the start of my lines. How do I avoid this?
Can I use different silk dyes or paints in the same piece?
Can I use dye fixatives with all silk dyes?
What are the best brushes to use for silk painting?
How can I paint a silk garment using silk dyes?
Can I add dye to my gutta or resist to color it?
Which resists can be steamed, which cannot?
How can I remove wax from fabric?
How can I paint on silk without having the dyes spread?
How do I know if my rubber-based gutta is still good?
Why do I need to steam my dyes? What are the advantages of steaming over using a fixative?
How long should I iron my silk paints to fix them?
My silk is a bit stiff after painting, fixing and washing. How do I restore the soft hand to the silk?
Do I really need to wash my silk in synthrapol before I paint on it?
What types of salt do I use for different salt techniques?
After steaming my silk in a homemade steamer I have noticed white spots on my silk and the color in that area is gone. What happened?
What are the primary colors of Sennelier's Tinfix Design silk dyes?
Can I steam silk in a microwave?
Which metallic paint will give me the best effect?
What is "sizing"?
What is the best product to use to paint Silk Ties?
What is Discharge Paste and how do I use it?
What is Dharma's Dyehouse Color Remover and how do I use it?
What is the difference between Discharge Paste Color Remover and Dharma's Dyehouse Color Remover?
Some of the silk dyes are concentrated but do I need to dilute them to use?
How do I use the Breathe Operated Air-Brush? It comes all in one piece and doesn't seem to work.
Is there a silk dye that doesn't need setting?
How much should I dilute the concentrated silk dyes like Dupont and Tinfix Design?
Do I need to use the dye-thinner/dilutant for the Dupont dyes?
What is anti-fusant or anti-diffusant?
How do you use an anti-fusant?
What does "shelf life" mean?
What does "dye lot" mean?
What is tie-dyeing or Shibori?
What is the Pigment Dye System?
Can I paint directly onto silk using Inkodyes?
What is a Projectascope?
What is the difference between the disappearing fabric markers?
What is the Heat Gun and how do I use it?
What is the Air Pen and how do I use it?
What is Habotai silk?
What is Crepe de Chine silk?
What is Crepe-Backed Charmeuse silk?
What is silk Chiffon?
What is silk Organza?
What is Raw Silk?
What is silk Dupioni?
What is Silk Gauze?
What is Silk Satin?
What is Flat Crepe Silk?
What is Silk Twill?
I made an awful mess of my dyed garment. Can I remove the color and start over again?
What is Inko Resist?
What is "Magik Batik" Resist?
Can you thicken bleach to paint it on fabric like a discharge agent?
How do you remove wax from cotton and from silk?
How do you steam set silk dyes?
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