LUTRADUR is miracle product! LUTRADUR has countless applications. It can be sewn, drawn and painted on. The product has amazing body, retains its shape and is incredibly strong yet delicate and lightweight but will never fray or unravel. It’s the high tech product, which has some of the most versatile properties in one product you will ever see! It’s a “must have” for any and all of your crafting sewing and artistic endeavors.
Lutrador - all you ever wanted to know
What Is It?
Lutradur is a 100% polyester spun bond non-woven translucent web. At first glance it has similar qualities to dressmakers interfacing but its unique spun woven structure makes it see through in nature and its a bit stiffer. It comes in a variety of different weights; the lighter the material, the easier it is to see through it.
Some Features
It is the perfect medium for many crafting/ sewing/ quilting and scrap booking, three dimensional wall art and ideal as an ink jet-printing medium to do or complete fabulous projects. It’s a truly versatile material. It doesn’t fray, has a slight sheen, is see through (see above), can be combined with all other types of material, can be painted, dyed, distressed with a soldering iron or heat gun, glued, stitched, embroidered…there are no limits to what you can do with Lutradur! It is also suitable for paper arts, such as making books, altered books, card making, Artist’s Trading Cards (ATCs) and postcards.
Can I run it through the printer?
The heavier weights of Lutradur can be run through the printer without backing paper; however, because of the structure of the material, some of the ink is inevitably lost . The lighter weights can be run through attached to freezer paper; again, the lighter the paper, the greater the ink loss. However experimentation with your printer settings is worthwhile. Hint- it is best to print using the DRAFT setting
What kind of dyes can I use with Lutradur?
LUTRADUR absorbs dyes, paint and inks to create a surface that filters light for some fabulous effects. Disperse dyes are suitable for dyeing lutradur. These dyes are painted onto paper and then transferred by ironing the dye onto the material. They are also available in crayon form. Also Dyeing with liquid dyes in a spray bottle or painting works well. You heat set with an iron.
What about paints?
LUTRADUR absorbs paint and inks to create a surface that filters light for some fabulous effects. If it works on cloth, it’ll work on Lutradur! However, if you use thick paint, you will lose the see through nature of the cloth. Better to work with washes of paint. Neopacks and Twinlers work fabulously...
And inks?
Absolutely. Pens and pencils, too.
Can I use my embellisher on it?
Lutradur makes a great base cloth for the embellisher, but it can’t be felted onto other cloth.
Can I use heat to distress Lutradur?
Yes you can. It can be heat set up to 400 degrees F. It is possible to use both a heat gun and soldering iron for distressed effects; it takes the heat of a hot iron in the transfer dyeing process, but if you leave the iron on the material too long, you can also produce a distressed effect, sometimes when you didn’t intend it! You can melt it, singe it, or cut into it with a heat tool creating extraordinary antique effects.
How does Lutradur withstand intense machine stitching?
Depends on the weight of Lutradur you are using, and how you are using it. As with any other material, the lighter the weight, the more distortion is likely when you stitch intensively into an area. The heavier weights will take a lot of stitching; the lighter weights, if fused onto a supporting material (which would be visible through the lutradur), can also be stitched like this. It can be used for embellishments and embroidering, and will carry embellishments such as photos, beads, rhinestones for a 3 dimensional look.
Can you stitch Lutradur by hand?
Of course. Hand stitching can look particularly effective.
Can I print on it?
Yes. Using pigment inks works best.
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