How to paint feathers

How to paint feathers
 Today in fashion not to buy decorative elements and make them their own. These classes are also called hand made. Beautiful bird feathers can be made at home, it is necessary for you to get affordable feathers and repaint them.
 Before you begin to color prepared feathers must perform the degreasing. Usually used for this purpose special shampoos, but you can use and unnecessary bottle of shampoo or any detergent. After the treatment, shampoo, pens should be thoroughly washed with hot water.

Then you need to discolor feathers if they are non-uniform color. To do this, use hydrogen peroxide. This material can be purchased at the pharmacy. In addition to hydrogen peroxide solution you can buy at the drugstore some dyes - iodine, Zelenka, etc.

For color green is necessary to dilute a small amount of green stuff in ordinary water. It is recommended to plant in a pot large volume to fit it all the feathers at a time.

Surely you've ever painted eggs for Easter and remember that onion peel is also a good dye. Pay attention to the sequence of actions when painting in the "onion" color. Originally onion peel boiled and only after some time immersed in the water feathers. Will hold them for at least an hour. As practice shows, the more the better.

Similar "onion" color can be achieved with henna. Keep the feathers in the solution of this dye must be at least two to three hours. You can also use hair dye.

For added variety and obtain a spectrum of the rainbow feathers can enjoy a variety of food dyes, which are now inundated with shop windows and the lack of them is not observed. Their price is low, so this kind of dye used most all of the above.

After you remove the feathers of the dye solution, place them on a sheet of paper and gave them dry. For a long presence on the color of the feathers is recommended to smear them with fat.

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