As I promised in the previous post, I am now going to reveal my top secret techniques on how to imprint rust onto fabric. The secret is that it is dead easy to do!
1. Find yourself some very rusty iron objects - Nails by far work the best in my opinion, but you can play around with many other objects.
2. Choose an absorbent material to use, preferably natural materials such as cotton or muslin.
3. Wet the material fully with water and then lay it out on a surface (make sure to put old towels underneath to stop the rust imprinting on the actual surface)
4. find yourself a bottle that you can spray liquid out of the nozzle and then fill half of it up with water and the other half with vinegar (malt vinegar works the best).
5. Place the objects on the wet material, and then at regular intervals spray the fabric with your homemade spray. This will speed up the process and also keep the material damp.
6. It is now up to you, as to how long you want the objects to stay on the fabric. The longer you leave it the darker the rust will be!
So in 6 easy steps you can now imprint beautiful rusty patterns onto fabric :)
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