We have 4 types of silk dyes and paints for painting on silk, wool and nylon, with several brands within each type. All are liquids. All work well and have devoted fan clubs. Different strokes for different folks!
Type 1. Dyes that must be fixed (set) using steam. These give the brightest, most vivid and most washfast results. They leave no "hand" on the silk, (you don't feel anything different where the dye is). Most are French and contain some alcohol. Dupont, Tinfix Design, and Pebeo Soié are examples. Vinyl Sulphon is an American one that is Fiber Reactive and requires much less steaming.
Type 2. Dyes that can be fixed using a liquid fixative, either by dipping the painted silk into the fixative or brushing the fixative onto the silk. Colors are not quite as bright as type 1 and perhaps not as washfast. These can also be steam set and then are almost as bright & washfast as those above. They also leave no feel on the silk. Jacquard Green Label and Tinfix Design are examples.
Type 3. Paints that are very thin, almost like dyes. They are fixed by ironing with a hot iron. Waterbased, totally non-toxic, and very easy to work with. Colors may not be as bright as either of the above. They leave some feel on the silk, but very little. Dyna-flow and Setasilk are the only ones available now.
Type 4. Instant-Set concentrated Pigment Dye- just dilute, paint on and air dry for 12-24 hours. No fixatives, steaming or heatsetting required, although some helps. Like a hybrid between a dye and a paint- Leaves an almost undetectable feel on the silk, and colors are much brighter and more concentrated than Type 3 paints.
  Setasilk - Silk Paint
  Dye-Na-Flow Silk Paint
  Sennelier Tinfix Design - French Silk Dye
  Jacquard Silk Colors (Green Label)
  Pebeo Silk (Pebeo Soie) - French Dye
  Vinyl Sulphon Liquid Reactive Dye Concentrate
  Dupont Silk Dyes - French Silk Dyes
  Jacquard Silk Colors (Red Label)
  Dharma Pigment Dye
  Setacolor Fabric Paint By Pebeo
  Lumiere And Neopaque
  Procion Liquid H Series Concentrates
  DecoArt So-Soft Opaque Fabric Paint
Only certain paints will work well in marbling - they have to be able to float on the surface of the "size". Some do, some don't. The paints are thinned with water, Versatex Dispersant, or Oxgall so you will use less than when painting directly.    continued...
  Jacquard Airbrush (& Marbling) Colors
  Mini Marbling Kit
  Dr. Ph. Martin's Spectralite
  Jacquard Textile Colors
  Lumiere And Neopaque
  Setacolor Fabric Paint By Pebeo
  Marbling Starter Set
Here are the paints Dharma carries especially for silk painting. These are non-toxic water based fabric paints that are so thin that they flow like dye. Leave very little feel on the fabric. Paint, dry, iron to fix, that's it. We also carry a wide variety of Dyes for Silk Painting which have various methods of fixing.
  Dye-Na-Flow Silk Paint
  Setasilk - Silk Paint

Screen printing, also called serigraphy or silk screening, is the preferred way to print a logo, text, or artwork repeatedly on fabric (or for almost any flat surface).

Basically, a screen is imprinted with your design, placed on the fabric, and then paint is forced through the screen onto the fabric. There are several methods of creating the screen - from very easy & simple to more complex & time consuming, each with their own pros and cons.

Below are kits and supplies for all the methods. more information and examples of the different techniques can be found here. We also have a few great books that get into the details and, of course, the kits listed below come with instructions for the desired method. We even have a couple of full shop kits of professional equipment that you could use to set yourself up in business!

  Yudu Screen Printing Products
  Jacquard Professional Screen Inks
  Versatex Printing Ink
  Speedball Fabric Screen Printing Ink
  Single Color Print Station
  4 Color Print Station
  4 Color Dual Print Station
  6-Color Dual Print Station
  4 Color 1 Station Full Shop Pkg.
  4 Color 2 Station Full Shop Pkg.
  Flash Dryer 18" x 18"
  Flash Dryer 16"x 16"
  Exposure Unit
  5 Ft. Belt Dryer with legs
  Deconstructed Screen Printing DVD
  Speedball Screen Printing Fabric
  Masking Tape
  Jacquard Blank Screen Printing Frames
  Speedball Blank Screen Printing Frames
  Neoprene Squeegees for Screen Printing
  Speedball Speed Clean
  Speedball Retarder Base
  Plastic Glass 8.5"x10"
  Speedball Ultimate Screen Printing Kit
  Speedball T-shirt Screenprinting Kit
  Screen Printing Kit - Complete
  Screen Printing Kit - Photo Emulsion
  Screen Printing Kit - Drawing Fluid
  Acetate 8.5"x 11" - 5 packs
  Hinged Clamp
  Diazo Sensitizer
  Diazo Photo Emulsion
  Diazo Photo Emulsion Remover
  Screen Drawing Fluid
  Screen Filler
  Print Base Kit
  Simple Screenprinting: Basic Techniques and Creative Projects
  Brushes For Fabric Painting
  Improvisational Screen Printing DVD
  Speedball Screen Printing Instructional DVD
  Deconstructed Screen Printing DVD

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