What is Powertex and How Does it Work?

What is Powertex?

Powertex is a highly versatile product that makes most porous surfaces hard and weather resistant. This amazing product gives form and structure to cloth, paper, wood, gauze, concrete, plush toys, cardboard and more. This amazing textile hardener makes it easy for a novice crafter to create beautiful sculpture using only a wire armature and an old t-shirt.

Create one of a kind...

Garden or Figurative Sculpture

Home Décor Accent Items

Custom Picture Frames

Preserve Treasured Mementos

Create Unique Jewelry

...and much more!

Powertex is available in ½ litre; 1 litre and 5 litre sizes in the following colours:

Lead - Bronze - Terra Cotta - Transparent

How Does it Work?

Powertex is a liquid medium, ready to use out of the package. It can be brushed on items or dipped directly into Powertex. Once applied, Powertex begins to dry but will remain flexible for quite awhile. While it is in this flexible state, Powertex can be draped, folded, pleated and manipulated in countless ways.. Once the treated item has been cured, it will be hard and durable. It will also be weather resistant and suitable for use outdoors. The exception to this is the transparent medium which will require a coat of outdoor (marine) varnish before it becomes weather resistant.

Powertex is environmentally friendly and cleans up with soap and water.

Technical info:

Do not freeze liquid product. VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

Once cured Powertex is weather resistant and can be left outdoors all winter long.

Bronze, Terra Cotta & Lead are weather resistant however, for added protection apply at least two coats of Powertex “Easy Varnish” after two - three weeks of curing. Marine or “spar” varnish can also be used to protect outdoor sculpture.

Transparent Powertex medium does not have any protective coating and will need to be covered with Easy Varnish or other outdoor marine varnish.

Do not tint with any liquid paint other than Folk Art by Plaid.

Clean up with soap and water.

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