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Paint for doll-house building?
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What's the difference between the paint sold in dollhouse craft stores, and the stuff sold at your average hardware store? Quantity? Viscosity? I don't have a convenient dollhouse store nearby and trying to look at paint colors over the computer is giving me a headache. I'd rather go in person to pick my colors. Cathy Weeks |
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Cathy, There is an argument that the paint sold in dh craft stores has a
finer ground pigment that is more in scale than hardware store paint. I use hardware store or even discount store and Big Lots paint to paint dhs and no one has come up to me and said the paint looks out of scale. I do know it's less expensive buying from a big-box hardware store, and the closest dh store is Ron's in Orlando! "Cathy Weeks" wrote in message What's the difference between the paint sold in dollhouse craft stores, and the stuff sold at your average hardware store? Quantity? Viscosity? |
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Cathy Weeks wrote:
Hi all, What's the difference between the paint sold in dollhouse craft stores, and the stuff sold at your average hardware store? Quantity? Viscosity? Mostly price. Dawn |
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Cathy Weeks wrote:
Hi all, What's the difference between the paint sold in dollhouse craft stores, and the stuff sold at your average hardware store? Quantity? Viscosity? I don't have a convenient dollhouse store nearby and trying to look at paint colors over the computer is giving me a headache. I'd rather go in person to pick my colors. Cathy Weeks DH paint comes in smaller containers. For crafts, you can have many dozens of different colors and still have room to put them! Buying a pint for $2.00 and using only a couple of ounces before it dries out seems wasteful. Buying an ounce for $2.00 and using it all up doesn't seem to waste anything (they DO close and reseal better than paint cans) More seriously - it depends on which "stuff sold at your average hardware store" you're talking about. Real high quality house paints tend to be thicker than you'd want to use on small parts, but it can work on walls or exteriors if they don't have a lot of fine detail. - Herb |
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On 3 Feb 2004 09:53:25 -0800, (Cathy Weeks)
wrote: Hi all, What's the difference between the paint sold in dollhouse craft stores, and the stuff sold at your average hardware store? Quantity? Viscosity? I don't have a convenient dollhouse store nearby and trying to look at paint colors over the computer is giving me a headache. I'd rather go in person to pick my colors. There _is_ such a thing as "scale" paint, which indeed does have finer grain pigment. You can look at and purchase it at www.micromark.com -- Chuck *#:^) chaz3913(AT)yahoo(DOT)com Anti-spam sig: please remove "NO SPAM" from e-mail address to reply. September 11, 2001 - Never Forget -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Cathy Weeks wrote:
(Chuck) wrote in message ... There _is_ such a thing as "scale" paint, which indeed does have finer grain pigment. You can look at and purchase it at www.micromark.com But what does that mean to the finished product? How will it look and handle? i suppose that you get sharper edges.. -- vixx' |
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