Cushion with refresh factor and Marabu Fashion Spray
The cushions get this great colour effect with the help of Fashion Spray and the so-called Ice Cube technique – colouring with ice cubes. It’s so easy to do and the result is so good it melts!
Marabu products you need...
…additionaly things you need
pillowcases made of cotton (max. 20% synthetic fibre content)
paper
drip grid
possibly a collection container for the melt water
ice cubes
Tips and Tricks
- You can also achieve impressive effects with the twist technique: spray the fabric with a light fashion spray colour and let it dry. Then grasp the fabric in the middle and twist it to create a spiral. Take a wooden spoon, for example, and twist the fabric until a kind of "pretzel" is formed. Spray a different, darker shade over it to add more colourful accents. Leave the twisted, sprayed fabric for an hour. Then unfold and let dry, done! For wash resistance up to 40°C, fix the colour.
How it is done:
- Wash the pillowcases in advance, let them dry and iron them smooth. They must be free of fabric softener and detergent.
- Have all working materials ready and cover the working area if necessary. It is best to work with a commercially available drip grid. Place the drip grid over a suitable container so that the condensation from the ice cubes can drain off or be collected.
- Place the pillow cases on the draining grid and place the ice cubes all over. The pillow cases should be liberally covered with ice.
- Shake the Marabu Fashion Spray well before use and spray 2-3 times on a paper. Now spray the cushions generously with the Fashion Spray. The individual colours can be sprayed on slightly overlapping. This will give a soft colour gradient of the individual shades later on.
- Now simply wait until the ice cubes have melted. In the meantime, wipe off the fashion spray heads after use.
- After melting the ice cubes, hang the cushion covers to dry and clean the working materials. Finally, fix the colour: in a preheated oven (8 min./150 °C) or iron through a cloth at cotton temperature (3 min./30 x 30 cm). Now the colour is washable at 40 °C. Always wash and iron painted textiles inside out.
