It
seems like I am getting more questions about the paints I use lately
than about anything else. My feeling has always been that for every
person that asks a question there are several more people with the
same or a very similar question that don't ask it. So from time to
time when I start to get a lot of questions on a given topic you will
find a blog post and a video where I try to cover the things I have
been asked.
The
topic of paint is so wide that today I am basically just going to try
to explain some of the basics about the three types I use the most.
Number
one paint in my supplies has to be the basic craft paint. I love this
stuff and use it in all kinds of crafting. It is cheap has easy
clean-up (as long as you get to it while it is still wet) and comes
in a multitude of colors. I like being able to know that when I use a
specific color on a project I can use the very same color later. That
is almost impossible when you are mixing colors for each project. I
admit freely that my preferred brand of craft paint is Deco-Art
Ceramcoat. I know it costs a few cents more but I find I can usually
get by with only a coat or two of it as opposed to some of the other
brands that require more coats. I also find the colors it comes in
more attractive personally and therefore fit into my projects better.
Now don't get me wrong I own a lot of brands of craft paint, I buy
what I can when I can when I am need of different colors. I am also
guilty of picking up interesting colors when I find them on sale
(hence the fact that I have drawers of paint as opposed to a drawer
of paint) Craft paint is really easy to find, at least here where I
live it is. I can pick up more paint at almost any store that has
even a small aisle of craft supplies. I do know some miniaturists
that think that craft paint is beneath their abilities and insist on
mixing a higher quality paint for every project. Personally I find a
lot of inspiration in seeing all the colors in front of me and I love
to look at the colors.
Next
up in the video is glass stain paint. My favorite is still Gallery
Glass, I know that in some places it is getting harder to come by but
so far I have been lucky in that regard. Just keep in mind that the
paint in the bottle really looks very little like it will when it
dries. I always do a sample each time I am going to a project just to
make sure how the color will look.
The
last paint in the video was the Scribbles fabric paint. This is a 3-D
fabric paint and again it comes in many colors. I use it a lot for
sauces on my mini polymer clay foods. I love that it dries with a bit
of shine so it looks like a sauce without having to be coated with a
finish.
I
have been using all three of these products with baked polymer clay
for many years and have never had a problem. That being said if the
polymer clay companies re-formulate their clays again you never know.
For this reason I do recommend testing any products you plan to use
together before you tackle a large project.
All
of these paints that I talked about today are soap and water clean up
while they are still wet. Once they dry it is a totally different
matter especially with the craft paint and the Scribbles, those will
pretty much bond permanently to whatever they are painted on once dry
and will be next to impossible to remove. Be sure to immediately wash
out any brushes you use and clean up any spills too.
thank for sharing your paints :)
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