 Hey guys, welcome to Monday with DecoArt. So today we're gonna try something a little bit different and it happened because I did something stupid So those of you who know me in real life know that I live most of the year in stretchy pants tank tops and flip-flops I Do live in California and yes, we do have kind of a winter, but it doesn't really honestly ever rarely get that cold Plus I'm you know middle-aged and so I'm menopausal and so I'm hot all the time Occasionally I'll put my eggs on or tennis shoes It's usually because I'm going out walking or it's really really cold like below 30, but it has to be cold for me to even put sleeves on So anyway, I was in the studio the other day and I had a white tank top on and I was being lazy And I didn't put my apron on I was working with some acrylic inks and I splattered some all over myself because you know That's what I do It gave me an idea though to try some DecoArt products and instead of trying to get the acrylic inks out of my white tank top What if I use some DecoArt products and see if they stain the way the ink did and if I can create something interesting on the tank top Using the DecoArt media fluid acrylic. So I've got my tank top here And it's in this plastic tub. So you know that the stuff doesn't go everywhere But you can see the brown spots on here. That's where I got the ink You know Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, so what I'm gonna do is I want to sort of Wad it up kind of tie-dye style, right? I've got a couple of these little Like just little cups. These are this is a yogurt container. This is from some ice cream or gelato. I think When I was in Las Vegas, oh They give you the gelato in that little cup and I take the little cup home. I just dropped it. There it is All right, so we're gonna mix up. I have them DecoArt media fluid acrylics. This is raw umber Which is a brown dark brown? and I wasn't going to but I do think I'm gonna throw a little bit of the fabric painting medium in it I am Interested in how this is gonna stain Get something to stir this up a little bit but I thought it wouldn't hurt to throw the fabric painting medium in there and the Tank top is wet and I'm gonna actually get this watery and more inky so I'm gonna add some water to it then I'm gonna just Drop it on because the tank tops wet you can see that it's like starting to bleed into the shirt Then I'm gonna Whoo, I just spilled some of the fabric painting medium Because you know I'm gonna take my shirt and I'm gonna Move it around a bit And take the rest of this pour it on here and then I'm gonna Put some water in here Get all of it out of there Okay, and then I'm gonna do that with a couple more colors I'll fast forward through that and we'll see what happens and I'll be back I decided not to do a speed through we're gonna do this in real time But I had to clean up my fabric medium spilled first So I just did that so now I'm gonna we've got the brown on here And it's just kind of in spots and now I'm gonna add another color I'm going to use the cobalt teal and The spilled fabric medium I did get most of it up and saved most of it actually I'm gonna add some water and let's mix it up Isn't that a pretty color? I mean what's it could worst that can happen to the shirt It was already stained and kind of unsalvageable and we're gonna just we're gonna go with that and we're gonna Make it crazier than it already was and you know, it doesn't hurt to get in there with your spray bottle Get it more wet Get that paint to really you know kind of move around Okay Next color I want to do some I want to do I've got a few colors out here. I've got kurokuro and gold kurokuro magenta and Daluride yellow I think I want to go with magenta It's gonna turn a little purple because I've got some blue in here, but it's already kind of a purpley color So we're okay with that mix it up Now the trick to this that I'm gonna do is I'm not gonna really wait for it to dry to wash it I am going to Wash it and rinse it out while the paint is still wet and and in that way I think we're gonna see if it stains or not and If it does how much and how you know crunchy it is how pliable and soft this paint is look at that bright color Isn't that pretty and I think I want to add some more of the blue So we're gonna do that Now I'm not of course gonna throw this right into my washing machine with all this paint on it What I'm gonna do is let it sit for a few minutes Rinse it it rinse it out in my paint sink and then once it runs clear, then I'll wash it You don't want all this paint on the inside of your washing machine Okay, I want to add some more brown back to it. I lost my most of my brown I'm actually gonna use this other container. It's got a little bit of the fabric medium in it So let's use it up do it in a plastic wash tub like this This I got from American science and surplus or an old storage bin Something like that. Okay Make sure you use colors that will kind of blend well You can see here that if this dries and looks like that that's gonna be really pretty So make sure you use colors that blend well and aren't You know gonna create some secondary ugly color that you're not gonna like so I'm gonna let this sit for a few minutes Rinse it out wash it dry it and I'll be back and show you what the results are Okay, here we are back with the finished tank top and I'll tell you what I did and what worked and what didn't I love the way it turned out by the way It's grungy and paint splattery and stained on purpose and I love that and these tank tops are from H&M and They're pretty thin as you can see and I always wear them layered over something else. So I Love it. I love it. I love it Or a couple of something else's so this is what I did Some tips and tricks now I Applied the paint the same way all the times that I did it But I have done it multiple times what I learned from doing that is if you're gonna do this go ahead and mix your paint and water mixture up get your teeth your tank top or t-shirt wet and Go ahead and just have some painy splattery squishy fun and really just get it really soaked in there Then let it dry completely. It's gonna feel stiff. It's gonna feel crunchy Don't worry about it. Let it dry completely until it's bone dry Then take your tank top stick it in the dryer for like an hour. Yeah That's gonna heat set the paint and you're gonna be promoting the stain Don't you just love the way that turned out right there You're gonna be encouraging it to stain and stick in the fabric After you do that and it's been in the dryer for an hour You can take it out put it in your washing machine Want it run it through a full cycle stick it back in the dryer and dry it and it's gonna come out like this soft And I wish you could feel it. I mean you can't even tell it's not crunchy at all. It's not stiff at all When I do this and whether I'm washing this tank top for the first time or I'm washing my painty rags which I actually washed this with those and Because they needed to be done and so I have a load of painty rags So I always put these in my washing machine with some washing machine cleaner soap, which is a special kind of soap I I'm sure other brands make it. I buy the washing machine or clean washing machine cleaner by tide It works great. I follow the instructions I put the soap in with these painty rags and I this time I put my tank top in and I run it through the cycle just the way out the directions say to and then I do an extra cycle just to make sure I'm not leaving any painty residue inside my washing machine. I take them out stick them in the dryer I'm good to go. I've never had a problem. Give it a try see what you think and Of course, you could wash it by hand. You don't have to use your machine and then stick it in the dryer But the washing process will get any of the crunch out. Yeah, and Heat setting the paint makes it stain. So who knew? All right, that's it for today. You guys have a great day. 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