b'hey, habitat We look forward to receiving your letters and queries, and would particularly like to see any weird and wonderful ways you have used Resene paints. The best letter will win a Get Decorating Kit from Resene. from you Mail us at: Hey habitat, Resene habitat magazine, PO Box 38 242, Wellington Mail Centre, New Zealand. Or email: advice@resene.co.nz withYour news and views.Hey habitat in the subject line. ReseneFizzWearable paintReseneI have used Resene paint not on the wallsGigglebut to dye fabric. Depending how dark youReseneBushwant the finished article to be, you water downthepainttoaratioofaboutone part paint to five parts water. For pastels,All revved upuse a one to 10 ratio. One testpot is usuallyA relative of mine, Gary, was on holiday here enough for a large piece of fabric or articlea few months ago and offered to paint a of clothing. Mix in a large bowl or bucketmural of a Ferrari V12 motor using Resene and immerse the cloth, squeeze and agitatepaints on the garage wall. He is a graphic the mixture, lifting occasionally to check allartist based in Wales and does this type of the fabric has been exposed to the colour.thing for his job. I think this is the first car After five minutes or so, squeeze the fluidPossums out, kids in motor mural he has done. He said he had from the fabric and dry outdoors on theI thought you might like to see the result ofneverusedResenebeforeandwasvery washing line. When dry, leave the fabric formy summer project; to do up the 30-year-oldimpressed with the quality especially when five to seven days then wash in a washingpossum-infested tree house in our backyard.used in the air-brush gun.machine with detergent; this wont removeI used Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Nick Covichthe colour but will soften the fabric. CottonBush on the outside so that it toned into is more absorbent that synthetic materialthe environment but I used your KidzColour but most fabrics can be dyed this way. I onlyrange (Resene Chaos, Resene Lickety Split, use Resene paints as the pigment seemsResene Fizz and Resene Kermit) on the inside more reliable and colourfast. which was a lot of fun. It has its own stereo and easel, and our two children James andCarole HayGemma love it.Keeping the beat Jenny McCall, our winning letterWe have just renovated our house and took these photos amongst the chaos. Our two- Colour for the kids year-old son is drumming mad and spentmany hours entertaining all sorts of tradiesIrecentlymadeaplaytableformy on his mini-kit. When the painting started hegrandchildren and thought a bright colour became very excited by the appearance offinishwouldbeappropriate,sowentto the Resene paint pails. We were instructedReseneandwasgivenyourwonderful on how they should be arranged and asKidzColourchart.Congratulationsto you can see his drum kitwhoever came up with this idea. So then we was abandoned for thehad to choose a colour(s) for the table and Resene Kit. Thank youas you will see we ended up with four. Otis for the great distraction.(2) is crazy about purple so Resene Giggle It made renovating withit was. Felix (4) loves all colours and chose atoddleralotmoreReseneFizz.Disy(grandmother)chose bearableandevenReseneCandyFlossandmychoicewas sounded good! Resene Wham. The table was used for the first time at Felixs birthday, and was a greatTineke Sutton,success, as was the paint chart game. Keep Auckland these great ideas coming Resene. John MeadReseneEighth Tana78'