Do i REALLY have to wash garments before i FABRIC PAINT them?

im a playgroup leader and next weeks activity ive organised the kids to make fabric painted t shirts!, theyr already labelled and on hangers, but i know it says you have to pre wash fabric before you paint it,


im going to paint each kids name on them before they paint them, but i really cant b bothered to wash them first, as ive only got 2 days before we go to playgroup.





they are plain white tshirts, if we paint them before theyv ever been washed will the paint wash off or peel?





thanksDo i REALLY have to wash garments before i FABRIC PAINT them?
Did you know that they told on the news a few weeks ago that any garment that was from out of the USA which is most everything now, needed to be washed before we wore it.


I would have never believed this but I seen it with my own eyes. This lady got a Bra and didn't wash it before she wore it, and they said that the box the bra's came in had some kind of larvae that had embedded in the fabric and they showed a picture of her Breast and she had little holes in and around her nipples where the worms had started to crawl in. She said she took the bra off the first night before she took a bath and then put it back on the next day and she felt her Breast itching and then she went to the doctor and he found the eggs laid in tiny holes in her Breast.They said men could get them in their woohoo's if they didn't wash their draws first. I guess they could go in ours to. I know it sounds crazy but it was on the Nightly News.The lady has to have reconstructive surgery too! I'm a Crazy washing woman now. I wash everything first since seeing this.Do i REALLY have to wash garments before i FABRIC PAINT them?
It depends on the use of the garment.





If you are only going to wear it once and never want to wash and wear the item again then no, you do not have to wash it first.





New clothes come coated with a type of film that keeps them from being stained before they are washed - which also keeps fabric paint from penetrating the fibers.





I have done several ';holiday'; t-shirts for my daughter to wear for a day and wear as a night shirt , bathing suit cover-up or throw away afterwards.





Another way around this is to go to a ';Salvation Army'; or ';Goodwill'; second hand store where all the clothes are almost all already washed.





Good Luck and happy painting.
Garments tend to have starch or sizing to keep them looking fresh for sale, and a one time wash ensures that the items won't go wonky the first time they're washed (shrinkage, etc.) if you don't. If you're going to have the kids go to the trouble to paint shirts, don't take the chance they'll be damaged the first time they're washed just because you don't want to do a load of t-shirts!
Yes yes, always !!! Make sure you also don't use any fabric softener. These are the Golden rules of fabric painting.
It's not about peeling. It's about shrinkage.


If the clothing is shrinkable (cotton, cotton blend) then you DEFINITELY want to wash %26amp; dry prehand. Otherwise the kids are going to take home their masterpieces, and their mom's will wash the garment and it'll shrink, causing the image/design to be slightly distorted.
Yes U need to wash them first. If U do not wash them first your fun project will not come out right. The paint will not last or will run making a mess not a nice look.
yup.....need to do it