Ombré/Degrade

Buna (din nou)!

Pentru ca am lucrat de zor la magazinul L'aura am cam ramas in urma cu tutorialele, dar promit ca ma revansez cu cel de azi.

Probabil ca sunteti deja obinuiti(mai degraba obisnuite) cu termenul ombré. Mai pe "romaneste" i-am zice degrade si mai nou totul trebuie sa fie ombré: haine, vase, mobila, pereti...orice poate fi vopsit sau decolorat. Dar pentru ca tot ce e trendy si se cumpara are si un pret pe masura, iar pentru ca astfel de cheltuieli nu sunt prevazute in bugetul meu, mi-am facut singura 2 topuri ombré

Hello (again)!

Because I’ve been super busy with the L’aura online store I’m kind of behind with the tutorials, but I promise to make it up with today’s lesson.

You’re probably already used to the term ombre. Known traditionally as gradient and it seems that lately everything has to be ombre: clothes, dishes, furniture, walls, even the kitchen sink can be painted or bleached. But because everything that’s trendy is also expensive, and because such expenses are not in my budget, I’ve made myself 2 ombre tops

Iar daca vreti sa incercati si voi, iata de ce aveti nevoie:

If you want to try it yourselves, here’s what you’ll need:

Despre vopseaua textila pot sa va spun ca eu am gasit-o foarte greu. Cea din imagine, Iberia, desi foarte buna, am gasit-o in DM si in REAL, dar paleta de culori nu este chiar o paleta, limitandu-se la rosu, albastru, verde, negru si maro. Am mai avut o vopsea tip Galus, dar nu a prins la fel de bine ca aceasta, asa ca nu o recomand decat daca vreti un efect mai subtil, cum a iesit la topul verde.
ATENTIE! Trebuie sa fie vopsea textila praf, NU din aceea pentru desen pe textile, ci pentru vopsit.

Despre materialul topului, ar fi bine sa fie bumbac pentru ca pe bumbac prind cam toate vopselele. Dar al meu era 100% vascoza si a mers si asa.

The only thing I can say about textile dye is that it’s very hard to find in my country. The one in the picture, Iberia, although very good, I found in DM and in Real chain stores, but the palette of colors is not really a palette, composed only of red, blue, green, black and maroon. I used to have another dye called Galus, but it did not stick as well as this one, so I cannot recommend it unless you want a more subtle effect, like the one on the green top.

WARNING! It has to be powder textile paint, NOT the kind used for drawing on clothing, but for dyeing.

The fabric of the tops should preferably be cotton, because almost all kinds of dye adhere to cotton. But mine was 100% polyester and it still worked.

1. Preparati vopseaua conform indicatiilor de pe cutie. Fiecare vopsea va avea alte instructiuni si daca vreti un rezultat bun va trebui sa le urmati intocmai. Umeziti tricoul si agatati-l pe un umeras. Scufundati-l apoi in galeata cu solutie de vopsit pana unde vreti sa aveti primul strat de culoare. Tineti-l asa nu mai mult de 5-8 secunde.
2. Apoi incepeti sa scoateti cate putin afara. Va dau mai jos intervalele la care a am ridicat eu tricoul din vopsea, dar va trebui sa luati in considerare concentratia vopselei pe care o aveti precum si puterea acesteia de acoperire. Dupa cum am zis vopseaua Iberia este destul de puternica, iar la mine a durat destul de putin.
- stratul 1: 5 secunde
- stratul 2: 1 minut
- stratul 3: 5 minute
- stratul 4: 10 minute
-stratul 5: 30 minute
Intre straturi e bine sa ridicati topul miscandu-l de sus in jos pentru a nu ramane linii de  delimitare intre straturi, ci sa se coloreze uniform. 
3. Scoateti apoi tricoul din vopsea si caltiti-l bine. ATENTIE! clatiti-l singur si foarte bine pentru ca va iesi foarte multa culoare din el.
4. Puneti-l apoi la uscat undeva mai la umbra, pentru ca lumina directa a soarelui nu va lasa vopseaua sa se fixeze bine in material.

1. Prepare the dye according to the instructions on the box. Each type of dye will have its own instructions and you should follow them precisely for best results. Get the T-shirt wet and hang it on a coat-hanger. Then dip it in a bucket with the dye solution up to the level where you want the first level of color to be. Keep it in no longer than 5-8 seconds.

2. Slowly start to lift it up. Next I’ll give you the intervals at which I lifted the T-Shirt from the paint bucket, but you’ll also have to take into consideration the concentration of your textile dye and its covering capacity. Like I said, Iberia is pretty strong, so for me it took a short time.

-first layer – 5 seconds

-second layer – 1 minute

-third layer – 5 minutes

- forth layer – 10 minutes

- fifth layer – 30 minutes.

Between layers it’s good to lift the top and shake it up and down so that you won’t get lines in the creases and the dye covers evenly.

3. Remove the T-shirt completely and rinse it well. WARNING! Rinse it by itself and very thorough because there will be a lot of color coming out of it.

4. Hang it out to dry somewhere in the shade, because direct sunlight won’t let the paint adhere well to the fabric.

Gata! Acum aveti o piesa foarte la moda in garderoba. Nu mai ramane decat sa le scoateti la vedere pe falezele marilor.

Pe curand!

And there it is! Now you have a very trendy piece for your wardrobe. All you have to do is take them out by the shores of the seas.

See you soon!