i am trying to learn pysanky egg art, the problem i am having is when i mess up on a color, i would like to know how to correct this mistake,
i read to spray fantastic or 409 on the egg rinse, dry, wait 30 mins and redye where i left off, i tried this and the egg would not take the dye, and what it did take , once you patted it dry it all came off and had a rough ugly finsih..

does anyone have any tips on how to correct this mistake i have made??

Clough

We do have a person on this site who is quite excellent with decorating eggs, and that would be jrebel7. I don't know if she is used to the Pysanky way of doing it. But, I do think that she would be able to give you some pointers.

I will let her know about your post.

jrebel7

Ang, below is a link to a demo of how to dye the eggs after applying wax. This demo does not answer directly your question but when going back to the home page, there are several links that may provide answers. There are phone numbers and addresses that might help in answering your questions regarding the pysanky egg art.

The Pysanky Egg Art is indeed an interesting endeavor. Let us know how they turn out for you. Please post some images of your work.

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