Powertex Fabric Hardener
What is Powertex?
Powertex is the new generation environmentally friendly water based. acid free, liquid, textile hardener, suitable for use with any porous material such as paper, fabrics, cardboard, air-drying clays, concrete, stone, ceramics, wood, dried flowers, plaster, etc. If you like to recycle then you will love POWERTEX. All those odds and ends that you have been storing up. Old clothes, unwanted Manchester, scraps of wool, fabric, timber, paper, beads, mosaics. You name it and you can probably use it all!!! Combine your bits and pieces with a dab of creativity and mix well to create a beautiful sculpture or ornament that decorates your home or garden. Powertex is not limited to making sculptures or statues. It is a very versatile product that even allows the preservation of memorable treasures such as your baby’s first shoes/feet or hand impressions, and what about their first clothes. Make your own jewelry; create your own 3-D structures on canvas for impressionable wall art, for unique home décor inside or outside, or maybe even poolside.
Powertex is the new generation environmentally friendly water based. acid free, liquid, textile hardener, suitable for use with any porous material such as paper, fabrics, cardboard, air-drying clays, concrete, stone, ceramics, wood, dried flowers, plaster, etc. If you like to recycle then you will love POWERTEX. All those odds and ends that you have been storing up. Old clothes, unwanted Manchester, scraps of wool, fabric, timber, paper, beads, mosaics. You name it and you can probably use it all!!! Combine your bits and pieces with a dab of creativity and mix well to create a beautiful sculpture or ornament that decorates your home or garden. Powertex is not limited to making sculptures or statues. It is a very versatile product that even allows the preservation of memorable treasures such as your baby’s first shoes/feet or hand impressions, and what about their first clothes. Make your own jewelry; create your own 3-D structures on canvas for impressionable wall art, for unique home décor inside or outside, or maybe even poolside.
Powertex is available in 11 colours:
Transparent, Bronze, Terracotta, Lead, Ivory, Green, Black, Red, Yellow Oxide, Blue & White
How do you apply Powertex?
You can dip it, you can spray it and you can paint it.
Creating your own Coloured Powertex:
It is easy to create your own colours by using Powercolor pigment powders:
•Before adding the pigment to Transparent Powertex, add a little water to the powder and stir until you have achieved a smooth paste-like consistency.
•Stir the paste slowly into the transparent Powertex, and mix well.
•You will generally need approx.1 jar of the Power Color Pigment (40ml) for 1kg of Powertex.
Transparent, Bronze, Terracotta, Lead, Ivory, Green, Black, Red, Yellow Oxide, Blue & White
How do you apply Powertex?
You can dip it, you can spray it and you can paint it.
Creating your own Coloured Powertex:
It is easy to create your own colours by using Powercolor pigment powders:
•Before adding the pigment to Transparent Powertex, add a little water to the powder and stir until you have achieved a smooth paste-like consistency.
•Stir the paste slowly into the transparent Powertex, and mix well.
•You will generally need approx.1 jar of the Power Color Pigment (40ml) for 1kg of Powertex.
Important:
•Stir/Mix well before using
•Clean tools and hands well, with warm soapy water after use.
•Protect your clothes and REMOVE JEWELLERY, as once Powertex hardens it may be impossible to remove.
•Weather resistant – this means that it is suitable for inside and outside projects (dry for 2-3 weeks)
•Powertex does not mould.
•100% Natural fibres work best. Test a sample before starting your main work and if the fabric sticks to itself, it should work well. Natural fibres will cure harder than unnatural fibres.
•You may paint your Powertex project with oil, acrylic, latex or Power Color, once it is dry or while it is drying depending upon the desired result.
•Powertex does not adhere to plastic, but you may overcome this by covering the plastic item with masking tape. (Where there’s a will, there’s away!!)
•Store Powertex frost free (do not store or transport below 0o Celsius)
•Minimum working temperature for Powertex is10o Celsius
•After Powertex is cured the temperature does not affect finished product.
•Stir/Mix well before using
•Clean tools and hands well, with warm soapy water after use.
•Protect your clothes and REMOVE JEWELLERY, as once Powertex hardens it may be impossible to remove.
•Weather resistant – this means that it is suitable for inside and outside projects (dry for 2-3 weeks)
•Powertex does not mould.
•100% Natural fibres work best. Test a sample before starting your main work and if the fabric sticks to itself, it should work well. Natural fibres will cure harder than unnatural fibres.
•You may paint your Powertex project with oil, acrylic, latex or Power Color, once it is dry or while it is drying depending upon the desired result.
•Powertex does not adhere to plastic, but you may overcome this by covering the plastic item with masking tape. (Where there’s a will, there’s away!!)
•Store Powertex frost free (do not store or transport below 0o Celsius)
•Minimum working temperature for Powertex is10o Celsius
•After Powertex is cured the temperature does not affect finished product.