Setacolor Shimmer Starter Set

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Reviewed: Mon Oct 20 19:36:56 2008

While it's true that these metallic paints leave the least feel on the fabric, they also leave the biggest halo around the painted area. Typically I thin metallic paints before using them so they have even less impact on hand of the fabric. These Setacolor paints leave a ghastly halo that pretty much ruins the design. There are many other options for metallic fabric paints and I'll likely stick with the others -- or use these unthinned, straight from the bottle. Be especially careful with this stuff on fine silk fabrics.

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Reviewed: Tue Oct 21 14:30:14 2008

I really do love these! They just pop on dark fabric, are very metallic, a nice consistency for brush work and printing (try leaves!), and the best thing, softer than other metallic paints I have tried, just like they say.
As with any metallic paints, you have to stir them well before use, because the pigment is heavy and sinks.

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Reviewed: Sun Dec 28 09:19:48 2008

I have to somewhat agree with both previous reviews. These paints look awesome going onto a wet piece of fabric, but they do leave a halo. If you hang your shirts to dry like we do, the dye runs down like a comet trail, but the shimmer stuff stays in place. However, we only use them for random blobs on distressed t-shirts, so we are not that concerned with accuracy. I have noticed that the Canary

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Reviewed: Thu Oct 1 23:45:27 2009

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Reviewed: Fri Aug 28 19:04:50 2009

LOVE IT!

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