|
|
|
#1
06-13-2014, 01:02 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Universal Thinner for ACRYLIC Paints
(Recipe courtesy of Del Herbert, renowned champion wildlife carver)
To make 8 0z (250 ml): 1/2 oz acrylic matte varnish* 1/4 oz acrylic flow medium** 1/4 oz acrylic retarder*** Balance H20. **** (see notes) Combine in a suitable dispensing bottle, and mix well. Notes:* Acrylic matte varnish might be obtained from your local Michaels, Art Supply store, or can be substituted with ACRYLIC matte Varathane (exterior grade). **Acrylic flow medium is also available at Michaels, your art supply store, or in Ivory Liquid detergent. If you are using Ivory, three or four drops to 8 oz of mixture ought to do it. Flow medium is a detergent that breaks down the surface tension of the other ingredients to allow them to flow into the texture. *** Acrylic retarder is an agent that inhibits too-rapid drying of your paint. Check Michaels or your local art supply store **** Water: if your water is very hard with dissolved minerals, use distilled water. Experiment! I have airbrushed tube acrylic paint using this stuff. If questions, please PM me! Jim 
__________________
1914--1918. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. 
|
| Google Adsense |
|
#2
06-14-2014, 11:20 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks Jim! Have used those but never have put together a 'scientific' recipe, will come in handy. I'd always been with little pools on the palette and a dap of this, a smidge of that, looks about right.
|
|
#3
06-14-2014, 05:25 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks, Jim, have these components on the shopping list for when this unemployment thing is sorted...
Simon
__________________
Please critique my posts honestly i.e. say what you think so I can learn and improve... The World According to Me
|
|
#5
06-15-2014, 12:22 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Surface should be Clean, Dried, and Sealed!
If you have applied filler, sand it and wipe off the dust...
Then seal the filled surfaces. Let dry. Then, paint. JR
__________________
1914--1918. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
|
| Google Adsense |
|
#6
06-16-2014, 11:39 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Don't sin: Paint THIN!
to quote the late Jim Sprankle, World Champion wildlife carver.
Your paint is thin and well-mixed enough that if you paint a broad brush stroke on a piece of glass, it should be translucent and without lumps.... With acrylic, you build up colour in layers..... Jim PS: Gesso really needs this stuff!!
__________________
1914--1918. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
|
|
#8
06-16-2014, 04:30 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Cincinnatti Swizzle Stick
Cordless Mixer for Model Paints
Also known as a "latte foamer". Take a small funnel, invert it over the removable, cleanable mixing wand of the CSS, , and you can mix small quantites of paint even in palette trays!! ;-) JR
__________________
1914--1918. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
|
 |
|
|
Linear Mode
