Got something that’s feeling a little unloved? All-in-one Fabricoat fabric paint helps you revive pretty much anything, from sofas and cushions to curtains and car interiors. Acting like a fabric dye, it’s extremely easy to use, highly durable and a cost effective way to bring fabric back to life.
Fabricoat comes in a range of 16 on-trend and classic colours. The colours are strong and vibrant and won’t fade or rub off after they’ve dried. Add your own unique personality and style to your surroundings.
Once dry, the fabric will remain soft and flexible – it won’t make the material go hard or stiff – and it will provide a long-lasting finish that you’ll enjoy for years.
If you’re using the paint to change the colour of fabric, always ensure the fabric is a lighter colour than the paint you decide to use. Can’t find the colour you desire? Then try mixing the colours to your preferred shade or use our White Mixing Fabricoat paint to lighten other colours. As it dries, do brush the surface a few times to prevent any fibres sticking together.
If your fabric has a pile, such as velvet, faux-suede, chenille, draylon or microfibre, we recommend ordering double the quantities of fabric paint. This is because there’s lots more surface area to cover on these types of fabric.
Always test the fabric for water absorbency first. If it’s absorbent, Fabricoat will work.
Full instructions are provided on in our How To section and on the product label.
A. Yes, Fabricoat will work on any fabric provided it's absorbent. To test absorbency, drop some water onto the fabric and see if it soaks in. If it does, it is absorbent, and Fabricoat will work. We’d advise that for fabrics with a pile, you order double the amount of fabric paint as there's more surface area to cover.
A. A 250ml bottle will cover a lampshade or cushion, 500ml will paint a dining chair or a footstool, 1 litre will be enough for an armchair, headboard, or car seat, and 2.5 litres will be enough to transform a three-seater sofa.
However, if your fabric has a pile (like velvet, faux-suede, chenille, draylon, or microfibre), you will need to use more product as there is much more surface area to cover. We suggest ordering double the above quantities of fabric paint for these fabric types.
Our 125ml bottles are for small craft projects such as painting or printing on clothing, bags, napkins, lampshades and more. Alternatively they can be used as tester bottles to perform a small test on an inconspicuous area before tackling larger upholstery projects, if you want to see how the colour will turn out.
A. No, as long as you brush the fabric with a Soft Bristle Brush during and after painting it should not feel any different. Fabricoat is designed to dry with a soft, flexible finish without changing how the fabric feels.
A. If you want to change the colour of an item, we recommend you always use a darker paint than the original colour. If you do wish to transform your item to a lighter colour, the original darker colour is likely to show through. You can use our White Fabricoat as a base paint, but we suggest you always test a corner of the fabric first to guarantee this will work.
A. Sofas, chairs, lampshades, blinds, headboards and car interiors, but the possibilities are endless. Our small 125ml craft sized bottles are perfect for hand painting or printing on t-shirts and bags, or decorating fabric advent calendars and cushions. Check out our Inspire page or socials to see what our community have been painting.
A. Yes, it is. Fabricoat takes two hours to become touch-dry and can be used after that, but we’d advise waiting a full seven days to allow the colour to fully cure. Once it’s fully cured, the material can be washed or cleaned as normal. Once dry, it will not rub off onto your clothes or other items.
Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 39 reviews.
Very happy with the overall outcome. Much nicer colour than the original yellow/beige. The faux suede texture had been lost in the process. More like sitting on leather now, but I think the fabric will soften a little with use. Would recommend for a dramatic and cost efficient transformation.
Sofas were faded with being in the conservatory but otherwise in good condition. Two coats of Fabricoat and they have been transformed.
So easy to use !! My dining chairs were really faded by sun. I used Gunmetal grey🩶 it's added new life to the chairs.... Next project a snuggle chair in Green 💚 watch this space 😀. I found the paint went farer than I first thought. Really happy with the results.
So easy to use. Brilliant! Just bare in mind gun metal has a blue hue which I didn’t realise. Customer service were excellent and I sent the unused bottles back for refund. Will buy a dark grey to go over the chair to my desired colour.
This is a great way to up-cycle. I forgot to dampen the fabric on the first cushion so it dried a bit harder and also used more paint. Despite constantly brushing the fabric, it is much harder. They are not the best photos as the cushions now look a very dark blue rather than the lighter blue shown or any shade of grey but it was covering a few different shades as you can see. Now going to work my way around the motor homes seat fabric. Fingers crossed.
Used this on badly sun bleached car upholstery Easy to use with no smell or fumes and I'm delighted with the result.
Transformed my headboard and it looks like new.
Love Fabricoat!!
Using this to recolour 2nd hand acoustic panels. Looks great, applies easily. We will be buying more.
i was surprised at how easy and well the application went on to a vintage felt hat that i wanted to change the colour. No fault of of the product but the had shrunk terribly!!!
Easy to use great result on an armchair
Brilliant
Beautiful colours !Excellent quality.
good
It is a fantastic product. However, it does change the surface of the fabric, especially if you don’t dampen the surface enough before applying.
Great colour
Excellent coverage on some upholstered dining room chairs. Colour is slightly more blue toned than I expected, but still looks great. Went on well.
Fantastic service great product 👍🏻
I turned a cream hat i wasn't wearing into a cool grey colour. As the material was more porous had to add a second coat. Looks great now.
Dubious but thought I’d give it a go, covering some dated fabric on a dressing table stool, amazing! Wish I’d known about this sooner and I’d have painted our lampshades too! Definitely a bluey dark grey and needed 3 coats to cover a pattern but worth every Penny!
Not aS good as I throught it would be
Gave new life to dated dining chairs
I bought a car with grease on the door cards, Fabricoat was able to cover the grease, and was an exact match for the plastic trim
Absolutely brilliant!! 5 star product. Application is easy and the finished product is really stunning. Painted an really old chair in gunmetal an it has dramatically improved it. Will definitely be using this again and 100% recommend it. 👌
Covered my window seat great, material is a bit rough now that it’s dried but that could be the way that I applied it.
Excellent, did the job really well and made my car carpet look like new. Carpet fibres remain soft after staining which is what I wanted.
Brilliant fabric paint, worked on really easily with a sponge. Very happy with results
It did exactly what I wanted it to do
Worked well on the settees where the sun had faded the fabric.Had to give them several coats,and the fabric feels stiffer that before.The colour is good
Great product will recommend company
Brilliant product, easy to use, good value for money.
Great product, easy to use, did exactly what it said it did.
Coverage is excellent my sofa looks brand new. Easy to use.
Perfect for recolouring the roof lining of my van Easy to apply and great results
Did exactly what I wanted ,very happy with this product.
Great product v happy.
great colour, easy to apply but absorbed very quickly so I need more than I had calculated.
Very pleased with the finish. Many thanks.
Good colour. Friendly customer service.
Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 39 reviews.
Very happy with the overall outcome. Much nicer colour than the original yellow/beige. The faux suede texture had been lost in the process. More like sitting on leather now, but I think the fabric will soften a little with use. Would recommend for a dramatic and cost efficient transformation.
Sofas were faded with being in the conservatory but otherwise in good condition. Two coats of Fabricoat and they have been transformed.
So easy to use !! My dining chairs were really faded by sun. I used Gunmetal grey🩶 it's added new life to the chairs.... Next project a snuggle chair in Green 💚 watch this space 😀. I found the paint went farer than I first thought. Really happy with the results.
So easy to use. Brilliant! Just bare in mind gun metal has a blue hue which I didn’t realise. Customer service were excellent and I sent the unused bottles back for refund. Will buy a dark grey to go over the chair to my desired colour.
This is a great way to up-cycle. I forgot to dampen the fabric on the first cushion so it dried a bit harder and also used more paint. Despite constantly brushing the fabric, it is much harder. They are not the best photos as the cushions now look a very dark blue rather than the lighter blue shown or any shade of grey but it was covering a few different shades as you can see. Now going to work my way around the motor homes seat fabric. Fingers crossed.
Used this on badly sun bleached car upholstery Easy to use with no smell or fumes and I'm delighted with the result.
Transformed my headboard and it looks like new.
Love Fabricoat!!
Using this to recolour 2nd hand acoustic panels. Looks great, applies easily. We will be buying more.
i was surprised at how easy and well the application went on to a vintage felt hat that i wanted to change the colour. No fault of of the product but the had shrunk terribly!!!
Easy to use great result on an armchair
Brilliant
Beautiful colours !Excellent quality.
good
It is a fantastic product. However, it does change the surface of the fabric, especially if you don’t dampen the surface enough before applying.
Great colour
Excellent coverage on some upholstered dining room chairs. Colour is slightly more blue toned than I expected, but still looks great. Went on well.
Fantastic service great product 👍🏻
I turned a cream hat i wasn't wearing into a cool grey colour. As the material was more porous had to add a second coat. Looks great now.
Dubious but thought I’d give it a go, covering some dated fabric on a dressing table stool, amazing! Wish I’d known about this sooner and I’d have painted our lampshades too! Definitely a bluey dark grey and needed 3 coats to cover a pattern but worth every Penny!
Not aS good as I throught it would be
Gave new life to dated dining chairs
I bought a car with grease on the door cards, Fabricoat was able to cover the grease, and was an exact match for the plastic trim
Absolutely brilliant!! 5 star product. Application is easy and the finished product is really stunning. Painted an really old chair in gunmetal an it has dramatically improved it. Will definitely be using this again and 100% recommend it. 👌
Covered my window seat great, material is a bit rough now that it’s dried but that could be the way that I applied it.
Excellent, did the job really well and made my car carpet look like new. Carpet fibres remain soft after staining which is what I wanted.
Brilliant fabric paint, worked on really easily with a sponge. Very happy with results
It did exactly what I wanted it to do
Worked well on the settees where the sun had faded the fabric.Had to give them several coats,and the fabric feels stiffer that before.The colour is good
Great product will recommend company
Brilliant product, easy to use, good value for money.
Great product, easy to use, did exactly what it said it did.
Coverage is excellent my sofa looks brand new. Easy to use.
Perfect for recolouring the roof lining of my van Easy to apply and great results
Did exactly what I wanted ,very happy with this product.
Great product v happy.
great colour, easy to apply but absorbed very quickly so I need more than I had calculated.
Very pleased with the finish. Many thanks.
Good colour. Friendly customer service.
