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Has anyone tried dying a PYO w/ easter egg dye? Didnt know if it would work, so I I tried it. I dipped a muse for about 10 minutes in orange, and it wasn’t enough color so I’m letting it sit overnight….
I don’t know about egg dye, but I know some have used watercolors 🙂 . Gypsum tends to act like a sponge on the the first couple of coats of paint, but you would think after soaking for 10 mins in egg dye the Muse would be a little more orange :scratch: ….
Hmmm I have never thought of the egg dye but I have tried soaking a PYO in tea before and he turned out OK… 🙂
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I would imagine if you used more vinegar and not as much water, it would dye a little better, since that is what it says on the paas egg containers carton. 😕 It’s kinda like food coloring though. I would think some colors might give a better result, like purple or blue would work a little better than a lighter color, like yellow or orange. I’m just guessing based on my egg dying experience.
I’m intrigued by your experiment. What dye are you using? Are you using vinegar, lemon juice, water, a combination, or something else with the dye?
asinnamon wrote:Has anyone tried dying a PYO w/ easter egg dye? Didnt know if it would work, so I I tried it. I dipped a muse for about 10 minutes in orange, and it wasn’t enough color so I’m letting it sit overnight….
You may find that the colors fade rather quickly in sunlight.
Acrylic paints stand up well to light, but most food dyes don’t. On the other hand, this means you can probably egg-dye the same sculpture annually…I wonder if vinegar or lemon juice-based dye would eat away at the gypsum of the piece? It is acidic after all, and like plaster of paris and other kinds of cement, I’d imagine the gypsum cement that Windstone uses has a good deal of carbonate material. This is essentially the same material in limestone, which will ‘fizz’ with the application of acid.
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Zelda wrote:I wonder if vinegar or lemon juice-based dye would eat away at the gypsum of the piece? It is acidic after all, and like plaster of paris and other kinds of cement, I’d imagine the gypsum cement that Windstone uses has a good deal of carbonate material. This is essentially the same material in limestone, which will ‘fizz’ with the application of acid.
Only one way to find out! I don’t think I would try doing the same Muse annually because of the gypsum though. I’d be afraid that it might break down after a couple of tries.
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