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Paints & Dyes Guide

Printmaking and Monotype Colours
Liquid Fibre Reactive Dyes
Acrylic (Multi Purpose) Colours
Marble Colours
Multi Surface Acrylic Colours
Textile Colours
Airbrush Colours
Liquid Pure Pigments & Mediums

New users of Monotype Paints and Dyes are encouraged read the detailed CREATEX handbooks before ordering. Phone me on 02 4267 2697 (mobile 0427 100 621) or complete the print 'n fax order form to arrange a copy to be sent to you. Prices are $11.00 for the Monotype Handbook, $4.40 for the Dyes Handbook plus $2.20 postage and handling.

Disclaimer
All information on this site is believed to be accurate and reliable at time of printing. Judy Bourke and CREATEX Colours make no given warranties expressed or implied without responsibility or liability of any kind. The information supplied does not release the user from the obligation to test for suitability of the products for the intended purposes and applications.

Printmaking & Monotype

(a) Monotype
(b) Solarplate Etching
(c) Relief Printing
(d) Screenprinting using Liquid Fibre Reactive Dyes
(e) Screenprinting using Lyntex and pigments on Paper

CREATEX Monotype User Guide is available from this website. The information given is for general printmaking instruction. The Createx Monotype Handbook contains additional information and can be purchased. Contact me to get more info, availability of workshops and a colour chart.

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Permanent Liquid Fibre Reactive Dyes

CREATEX Liquid Fibre Reactive Dyes User Guide is available from this website. This information given is thorough. Additional information requested may require testing on the part of the artist. Contact me to request printed version of User Guide and Colour Chart.

Additional questions can be sent to me at:<colours@judybourke.com>

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Acrylic Multi Purpose Colours

Colours are a unique, permanent, water-based acrylic paint that is adaptable for multiple art processes, techniques, and classroom applications. Used for fabric painting, tempera painting, screen printing, acrylic painting, watercolour techniques, non-firing ceramic glazing, leather, wood finishing, and more. Excellent for community art projects.

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Marble Colours

Bright, highly pigmented colours, ready to use from the bottle. Simply drop marble colours onto marble solution and swirl into beautiful patterns. Suitable for paper and fabric. Water based, non-toxic and permanent.

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Multi Surface Acrylic Colours

Multi Surface Acrylics are professional quality acrylics. It is the one paint for all your colour needs. These brilliant colours can be used for nearly all art processes including lino printing, screen printing, painting, stencilling and stamping. These acrylic colours are suitable for all fabrics and paper. CREATEX Multi Surface Acrylic Colours User Guide is available from this website. This information given is fairly thorough. Additional requested information may require testing on the part of the artist.

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Textile Colours

This is a new kind of non-toxic, ready to use textile paint from CREATEX with 63 colours to choose from. The colours allow you to keep the soft hand of the fabric, are machine washable and light fast. As well as the standard colours we have pearl, iridescent and fluorescent colours to choose from.

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Airbrush Colours

Suitable for painting onto just about any surface eg canvas, all fabrics, leather, paper, bisque fired clay, metal, plastic or fibreglass, t-shirts, wall murals, petrol tanks. Can be applied using either airbrush or paint brush.

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Liquid Pure Pigments

CREATEX Liquid Pure Pigment Colours are 100% pure colour in a liquid solution. These colours when added to various water-based mediums allow the user to create the most brilliant colour shades. Add only drops of these concentrated colours into the medium of your choice to custom make your own acrylics, screen-printing inks, airbrush colours, lino printing colours, fabric paint, or dilute with water for quality watercolours.

Pure Pigments, Monotype paints, Liquid Fibre Reactive Dyes, Marbling colours, Multi Surface Acrylic & Acrylic Multi Purpose Paints have usage information on their respective labels. Please see appropriate section of this web site for product availability and colour selection.

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