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Would it help to rebake?
Hi
Some of my sculptures are painted with acrylics after baking & glazed with gloss or matte varnish (also acrylics) depending on where it does & doesn't need to be shiny. Is it a good idea to give them another quick bake after painting to kind of set in the color? Would alter the shade any or is the whole idea a waste of time? I love the Golden Glosses and I appreciate the advise on where to get them a few weeks ago. Thanks Sandra http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...userid=vander_ sandra&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50 http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/vander_sandra/ |
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Be very careful when you bake a painted figure. I had done it many times
with no problem until one day I painted the lips of one figure and baked it. The red lipstick I painted on bled and imbedded it's self into the clay and turned orange. the whole area around the mouth was orange. It had sunk into the clay to a degree that light sanding would not remove. I had to cut out the stain and rebuild the mouth. I don's know if it was the brand of paint, oven temp or what, but I'd test the color on a piece of scrap clay and see how it turns out. Dawn Stubitsch http://www.thumbprintkids.com http://www.thumbprintkids.com/pages/caketoppers.html "VanderSandra" wrote in message ... Hi Some of my sculptures are painted with acrylics after baking & glazed with gloss or matte varnish (also acrylics) depending on where it does & doesn't need to be shiny. Is it a good idea to give them another quick bake after painting to kind of set in the color? Would alter the shade any or is the whole idea a waste of time? I love the Golden Glosses and I appreciate the advise on where to get them a few weeks ago. Thanks Sandra http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...userid=vander_ sandra&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50 http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/vander_sandra/ |
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The red lipstick I painted on bled and imbedded it's self into the clay and
turned orange. That's happened to me too, just tlike that , Dawn! It was with one of the acrylic craft paints, I've had better luck staying with liquitex, but its still chancy, especially with reds. Sarajane Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery http://www.polyclay.com |
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Why is it we discover these interesting quirks when the project is almost
completed after days of labor and you're fighting an impending deadline? Yes, my experience was with a craft acrylic paint. I think it also had something to do with the brand and possibly that this was the first time I was working with a straight red, no white mixed in. I don't know if adding another color to it might contain the migrating red. I needed a tranquilizer after that experience! Dawn Stubitsch http://www.thumbprintkids.com http://www.thumbprintkids.com/pages/caketoppers.html "Sjpolyclay" wrote in message ... The red lipstick I painted on bled and imbedded it's self into the clay and turned orange. That's happened to me too, just tlike that , Dawn! It was with one of the acrylic craft paints, I've had better luck staying with liquitex, but its still chancy, especially with reds. Sarajane Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery http://www.polyclay.com |
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| On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:40:48 GMT, "dawn" wrote:
Why is it we discover these interesting quirks when the project is almost completed after days of labor and you're fighting an impending deadline? Yes, my experience was with a craft acrylic paint. I think it also had something to do with the brand and possibly that this was the first time I was working with a straight red, no white mixed in. I don't know if adding another color to it might contain the migrating red. I needed a tranquilizer after that experience! What might help is to coat the area with matte or gloss medium and let it dry before painting with the red; a sort of barrier layer. I'm also intrigued by the idea of using the relatively new "clear" gesso for this purpose as it leaves a very nice "tooth" on the surface. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ |
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What might help is to coat the area with matte or gloss medium and let it
dry before painting with the red; a sort of barrier layer. Helen, I did that with the Flecto Varathane as a barrier layer and it was fine with liquitex paints. The cheap red acrylic craft paint not only spread, it also turned orange-er. I'm thinking its best to use that kind of paint on paper projects and not PC. Sarajane Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery http://www.polyclay.com |
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