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How and what to paint newspaper tubes for weaving

The demand for handmade souvenirs is constantly growing. Many choose different techniques for making such things as their hobby, creative work for the soul, and for some it is also a source of income. If you are interested in the method of making articles from a paper vine, but you do not know how and how to paint newspaper tubes for weaving, read the tips and recommendations. You are sure to find a suitable way and composition for yourself.

When to paint

If you decide to start making items from a paper vine, then you need to study not only the techniques of weaving, but also how and what to paint newspaper tubes for weaving. If you use colored newspaper or magazine sheets to twist the blanks, you can leave them unpainted. After all, the wickerwork and without it will have an interesting surface. If ordinary black-and-white newspapers are used, the tubes are often painted under the color of a natural vine (uncut), that is, brown or light (as if the branches were removed from the branches).

There are several options for staining:

  • Before weaving.
  • After.
  • Combined method (applying the main color before and drawing the pattern already on the finished product).

Choose the method that suits you and is suitable for each particular product.

The better to paint newspaper tubes for weaving

In fact, there are a lot of options. Suitable for almost any composition that has a color pigment, but the choice is determined by what tint you want to get and how saturated. Some compounds make the tubes rigid after the drying of the paint layer, others - soft, but lost brightness, faded. Dyes can be used on both water and alcohol basis, as well as powder, which are previously diluted in a liquid. So, the list of options is as follows:

  • gouache;
  • Watercolor (black);
  • acrylic paints;
  • Stain;
  • Automobile paint from can;
  • Iodine solution;
  • Green;
  • Potassium permanganate (manganese);
  • Aniline dyes for clothing;
  • Food colorings ;
  • Mascara;
  • ink;
  • hair dye.

If the stencil itself is supposed to be prepared before weaving, a stain is usually used, which interacts well with the paper and after drying it gives a beautiful brown tint. To increase the saturation, it is possible to apply a dye in several layers with a preliminary drying of the previous layer.

If you decide to first weave the product, and then process it, use acrylic colors or gouache. They are sold in sets, so they are suitable for performing a complex pattern on the surface of a wicker basket, a box or a vase. You can draw an ornament, flower motifs or any other pattern.

It should be noted that when using any of the proposed options, newspaper tubes should be varnished to make the product more dense, resistant to moisture. To process is better a ready basket, as the varnish layer will make a paper rigid and not too convenient for weaving.

Than it is not necessary to paint

How to paint newspaper tubes for weaving baskets, you can choose from the list above, but it is worth noting that watercolor loses its brightness after drying. The dyes from the onion husks, which are painted with Easter eggs, do not exactly match. If you are an adherent of natural materials, do not use chemical compounds, such as hair dye.

Than to paint newspaper tubes for weaving in white color

If you like exclusive things and want to make a woven piece of white color, in order to later apply a pattern to it, for example floral motifs, it is better to immediately procure tubes of thin white paper, office or even cash register tape.

Most likely, you have already decided how and how to paint newspaper tubes for weaving in various shades. The same colors, where there is a white color in the palette, can be used to obtain white blanks. Suitable acrylic paint or primer, water emulsion and even gouache, if you take it in a fairly thick creamy consistency.

Painting tools

When you have decided which composition will cover the blanks, the question may arise, how to paint newspaper tubes for weaving, that is, with what tool. You can use the following options:

  • A wide brush;
  • Sponge (sponge);
  • High capacity, in which the pigment solution is poured.

Choose the most convenient option for yourself.

Dyeing technology

When using the first and second tools, the work is done like this:

  1. Prepare in any capacity composition.
  2. Put the tubes in one layer on the oilcloth.
  3. Put on gloves and take a brush.
  4. Dip into the composition and apply to the tubes.
  5. Allow to dry to one side.
  6. Turn over.
  7. Repeat the process from all sides.

You can paint and dry the tubes at once in a vertical position, if you fix them in a solid base (for example, clothespins along the edges of the can, glass).

If the dyeing is done by the method of lowering into the dyeing composition, it is better to make a special container from the bottle, or even better - from a plastic pipe of suitable length, by attaching the seal to the bottom. In such a container pour the composition, lower the tubes. Do not forget to top up the solution, as it will be consumed, and the level will go down (there may be unpainted areas).

So, you learned how to paint newspaper tubes for weaving. Choose the composition you like and the method of staining. Create spectacular souvenirs with your own hands.

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