{"id":521,"date":"2024-01-31T09:08:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/?p=521"},"modified":"2024-01-31T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:15:00","slug":"not-dyeing-my-curtains-but-painting-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/?p=521","title":{"rendered":"Not dyeing my curtains, but painting instead?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dyeing polyester is a chore. Maybe I can just paint them instead, using acrylic paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could make my own fabric medium (for thinning down acrylic paint) using glycerin, vinegar and water. I have some old glycerin that I wanted to throw out anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=25LF1rDbfUk\">This video<\/a> looks very similar to what I want to try. They came out a bit blotchy but I think that&#8217;s a cool look, if I didn&#8217;t want that I could wet the fabric beforehand to make the paint stick more evenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would need a hot iron to completely cure the acrylic onto the fibres. Or perhaps an oven, or a blow dryer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be continued<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dyeing polyester is a chore. Maybe I can just paint them instead, using acrylic paint. I could make my own fabric medium (for thinning down acrylic paint) using glycerin, vinegar and water. I have some old glycerin that I wanted to throw out anyway. This video looks very similar to what I want to try. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fabric-dyeing","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invar.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}