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  • #16
    Re: Tarred cloth

    One method I don't see touched upon often is to "drag" the sized or starched fabric with a thickened paint mixture. This was explained to me by a friend who is a screen printer, and I understood it to be akin to actual screen printing except you use paint (not ink) and a squeegee (not a brush). I haven't tried it yet but I get the feeling that if the paint is suitably thick and applied to a fabric with as little agitation as possible it could yield a finished cloth with little or no seepage to the opposite side, not to mention a perfectly even coat without globs and bits of brush bristle stuck in it.

    Claude, have you ever tried this method?
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    • #17
      Re: Tarred cloth

      Sounds interesting, but I think, a too thickenend paint is not elastic enough, and will break, a picture wasnt designed to fold. Normaly the Oilcloth acounterments are mass-produktion items, and not "perfektly styled"

      But what is a Squeegee? I found some different translations of this item.
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      • #18
        Re: Tarred cloth

        Charles this is a squeegee. Hope it helps. I guess it's an American term. I am posting one large with a broom handle and one small that is hand held. they are basically just a thin rubber blade with a handle used to sweep liquids. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:V...7/squeegee.jpg http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:G...B00003/049.jpg
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        • #19
          Re: Tarred cloth

          Originally posted by GreencoatCross View Post
          One method I don't see touched upon often is to "drag" the sized or starched fabric with a thickened paint mixture. This was explained to me by a friend who is a screen printer, and I understood it to be akin to actual screen printing except you use paint (not ink) and a squeegee (not a brush). I haven't tried it yet but I get the feeling that if the paint is suitably thick and applied to a fabric with as little agitation as possible it could yield a finished cloth with little or no seepage to the opposite side, not to mention a perfectly even coat without globs and bits of brush bristle stuck in it.

          Claude, have you ever tried this method?
          No. The cornstarch has to be the right mixture and then I put the first coat of paint on thin and follow with another thin coat. If the cornstarch is thin then it will soak into the cloth. If it is too think then you can expect cracking. I also use two thin coats of linseed oil. I put a little Japan Dryer in both mixtures and it does speed the drying.
          Claude Sinclair
          Palmetto Battalion

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