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Hey hey! I am currently working on a project where I slather heavy gel medium onto the inside walls of glass jars, in a layer about .5-1cm thick, and it’s (unsurprisingly) taking a long time to dry. I was wondering if anyone knew a safe way to speed up the drying time? Would heat help? Like a hairdryer maybe? Any advice or thoughts would be most welcome ^_^
I seem to recall that you can use a hairdryer on the COOL setting, but don’t go by me alone! Maybe a fan?
frozendragon wrote:hair dryer is my thought….just from far away to keep it from smearing the paint…
Oh I wouldn’t be able to smear it with the hairdryer, the jar opening is too small LOL Thanks! 😀 I’ve read that some people use heatguns to dry acrylic but I don’t have one at present.
boskydragon wrote:I seem to recall that you can use a hairdryer on the COOL setting, but don’t go by me alone! Maybe a fan?
COOL thanks! XD heh heh sorry 🙂 As far as I can tell, I just have to be careful to not get TOO hot because it can scorch or bubble the paint but I don’t think an average hairdryer will be as much of a risk ^_^
When I was trying to paint the inside of glass christmas ornaments, I found that the Hair dryer on Cool with the occassional shot of Warm. The worst problem with drying time was the air circulation inside the ornament. I would turn the dryer backwards so that the air was sucked out periodically. Careful with a heat gun, it can cause the paint or medium to bubble really quickly.
Hope that helps and post pics when you’re done! 😀
foxfeather wrote:When I was trying to paint the inside of glass christmas ornaments, I found that the Hair dryer on Cool with the occassional shot of Warm. The worst problem with drying time was the air circulation inside the ornament. I would turn the dryer backwards so that the air was sucked out periodically. Careful with a heat gun, it can cause the paint or medium to bubble really quickly.
Hope that helps and post pics when you’re done! 😀
Thanks! 😀 I will try to get good pics!
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