Help with a Windstone Injury?

[Jasmine]

I can get the Golden brand interference 1oz bottles and the tubes at my local art supply store. They do last a long time and I like the bottles cause I can just use a drop at a time.

[Dyanna]

LOL this is an interesting topic, I learn a lot reading about paints and repairs, thanks all 😉

VampireBiscuits: I hope your emp turns out well ;p

[VampireBiscuits]

dkomenda wrote:

VampireBiscuits: I hope your emp turns out well ;p

Thanks! So do I! This has been very helpful though, I’ll post pictures up when hes fixed.

[tasgrs]

Jennifer wrote:

I hate paint tubes. The cap always gets gummed up, and you can never get all the paint out easily unless you have a tube key. Plus you gotta get a small glorb each time you get some paint.. with the bottles it’s easy to get a single drop if you don’t need much. 🙂

There are couple of things that can be done. Wiping the threads with a damp paper towel before replacing the cap is 1 option; *LIGHTLY* coating the threads with vaseline is another–stressing the lightly! I prefer to use pallette paper when painting, so the glob of paint is a given, I guess. 🙂 But with the pallette, there is room to keep the original colors seperated. I’ve also used the handle of a butter knife to squeeze as much paint from a tube as possible. I keep the cap on, squeeze with the knife, and then carefully fold and roll the tube.

[Nightcrow]

Kyrin,

do you think Pearl Ex blue interference powder would work as well? It’s much cheaper, and even if she didn’t want to spring for a bottle (it’s about $7, including shipping) I would be willing to send some of mine in a little baggie or something! It weighs practically nothing, I could drop it in an envelope easily.

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried it before — I used it on the wings of a gryphon (you can see him in my gallery), by dry-brushing it over gloss sealed black acrylic… it’s quite bright if you do a couple of layers!

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[Shawna]

nightcrow wrote:

Kyrin,

do you think Pearl Ex blue interference powder would work as well? It’s much cheaper, and even if she didn’t want to spring for a bottle (it’s about $7, including shipping) I would be willing to send some of mine in a little baggie or something! It weighs practically nothing, I could drop it in an envelope easily.

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried it before — I used it on the wings of a gryphon (you can see him in my gallery), by dry-brushing it over gloss sealed black acrylic… it’s quite bright if you do a couple of layers!

I’ve never tried the powders, though I’ve been curious about them.

Kyrin

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