It’s really fun to create new things based on your creativity. The fun increases to the highest level when we have to modify already created things that we own. Do you want to make yourself look highly attractive by wearing unique and amazing clothes? You will be surprised to know that you can modify your clothes by using paints. It’s a creative and entertaining process to make your tights attractive by painting them with the paints. Are you curious to know how to paint tights? Here I’ll share the tip with you to help you make your designs on the tights. You can make your favorite pattern on the tights. Let’s start!
How To Paint Tights?
Supplies Needed:
- Tights which you want to paint
- Paintbrushes
- Light opaque fabric paint
- Dark opaque 3D fabric paint
Note: You can also use a blow dryer if you want
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Steps To Paint Tights?
Step 1: Firstly you have to wear tights. It is necessary to wear it because you can get to the place where you want to make designs by wearing it. When you paint, there is a chance of placing some paint into your legs. But don’t worry, it’ll be removed by just ordinary soap.
Step 2: For making evil eye patterns, firstly, use a light shade of paint. And then start making ellipses on it. When it’ll dry, add another coat of paint. If you want to speed your process and don’t want to waste time drying, you can use a blow dryer. After drying, you can put off the tights. There is a chance of some paint sticking to your legs. If you want to design backward and forward, repeat the same process and make a design on the other side of the tights.
Step 3: When your ellipses become dry, now it’s time to paint dots in the center by using dark 3D fabric paint. When paint becomes dry, flip towards another side and paint it also. Just like you did in step 2. As 3D fabric paint takes a long time, you can use a dryer to speed this process.
.How to Use Fabric Paint on Tights?
Painting your tights is an uncomplicated and short-term project that can accomplish within two days. It’s great advice for you to do this process on weekends to wear your product in the working days and show that to your followers.
Fabric paints involve various categories, and the final effect can be washed-out tones or a thick plastic look. It can also be a kind of frosting paint and glitter for adding some shine to your cupboard. Add some sparkle to your wardrobe. Let’s look at the other process that’ll explain the full detail about how to apply fabric paint on tights.
Supplies Needed:
- Tights
- Fabric pencil and paints
- 4-inch PVC pipe
- Painter’s tape
- Paintbrushes
Steps to Use Fabric Paint on Tights
Step 1: Take tights and mark the symbol for recognizing a specific point taken as a reference for designing using a fiber pencil for drawing symbols. When tights are off, it becomes challenging to find a point.
Step 2: Stretch the tights while focusing on the PVC pipe section. In this way, the design will be stretched to an accurate tight size when you’ll wear it. Then, fasten the tights to the PVC pipe with the help of the painter’s tape with the design area.
Step 3: Now, make an outer boundary around the design with the color that you will use for painting. Apply the fabric paint at its high strength. It will cause the bead to become more solid. When you wear the tights, you will see they will appear like fabric paints because fabric paints are flexible.
Step 4: Leave the fabric paint for 24 hours and allow it to dry. If you want to add more layers, you can add them, but the last layer must be dry before you wear the tights.
Step 5: Use a laundry solution and launder the tights with your hands so fabric paints can retain their shape and color. Now you can see beautiful paint design on tights.
How to Make Halloween Themed Painted Tights?
Many people want to update their dressing during Halloween week. It’s also the amazing process of painting your tights to give them the effect of Halloween. You will become too creative and get a high level of fun due to this process. Let’s start the process of making the Halloween-themed painted tights.
Supplies Needed:
- White craft
- black tights
- paint fabric
- wax
- medium cardboard
- paper or plastic wrap
Steps To Make Halloween Themed Painted Tights
Take a large piece of cardboard and cut two pieces with the measurements according to your leg height and width. Properly cut the cardboard according to your feet by making a curve on the toe side.
Cut two cardboard pieces that are about as wide as your leg and as long as your legs. Then, Cut a curve on the toe side and then around the other side corners while focusing on the body’s shape.
For easy wearing, bend the cardboard at the position of your ankle. Use wax or plastic wrap paper to cover the knee. Now paint the design on your piece. You can draw any Halloween design you want. Don’t think much about how it will appear when you wear it, whatever you will draw (try to design like professionals; you can get inspiration from online pictures). It will appear nice because it will appear amazing when the design appears in the decently cut piece wear properly. Give time to it for drying. Then give the second quote and completely dry it. Let that dry and paint a second coat, then let it dry completely now. If you have covered the cardboard, you can unveil it now.
Leave it until it doesn’t dry completely. Your painted tights are done.
You have become professional in designing your clothes and have achieved the highest level of creativity. You have a chance to be the owner of a highly glamorous and charming dress. So, why be late? Follow any of the above methods on how to paint tights now and get inspiring results. It’s advised to consider all the methods and enjoy various varieties of creativity.