Get Better ACRYLIC POURING Results By Following 3 Simple Steps
…different. Obviously normally most of my blog post on resinq are about painting. But today I wanted to cover acrylic pouring troubleshooting and frequently asked questions as I do
get the same questions asked over and
over and over and I haven’t actually
made videos to cover pretty much
everything but I wanted to put it all in
one spot and then in the description I
will actually link posts as well that
cover these topics so let’s start with
first of all what is float roll there’s
a very common question blue tile is a
Paint conditioner you can commonly get
it in the painting section at a hardware
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store such as Home Depot or Lowe’s you
can also get it on Amazon what it does
is it helps the paint flow it helps
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prevent it from cracking and it also
helps maintain the colors so they don’t
you know money together alright so do
you have to use flow trouble as a
generally the next question or what can
I use instead of float roll and also
along with this is can I just use water
so let’s take water first I guess you
can absolutely just use water you can
use all kinds of things will you get the
same results not really that’s okay you
can get different results with water and
it can be just as cool the problem with
water that I found is a it’s hard to get
the consistency correct you have to do a
lot of extra mixing to get it to be nice
and fluid so it’s you know flows
properly and — you’re going to run into
maybe a little more of an issue with
cracking as it dries so those are a
couple things but if you’re just
starting out by all means do it with
just water and work on getting your
consistency correct so then what can you
use instead of float roll you can use
just regular old glue go to the dollar
store or whatever you know during
back-to-school season at least in the
u.s. at Target they have glue for like
25 cents or a Walmart or wherever you
use a heat gun or hair dryer instead of
a torch absolutely but they’re not the
same if you’re gonna go with anything
and you have a heat gun that’s gonna be
the closest because just by default the
heat will get rid of the air bubbles a
hairdryer is not the same as a heat gun
or torch these three things are all
completely different and they will do
different things a hairdryer will
actually move the paint around even if
you have it on the lowest setting so if
you don’t have a torch or heat gun a
hairdryer is not really a substitute you
can definitely use the hairdryer to
create very cool effects with the paint
but it’s really not a substitute for a
torch or a heat gun it’s very different
I mean you can go to extremes of having
it on high heat and holding it very far
away low fan and whatever and maybe kind
of simulate a heat gun it’s just a lot
of work and I would not do it because
it’s not really necessary whatever to
each his own okay what is silicon do I
have to use silicon now what can I use
instead of silicon so silicon is oil
basically it’s commonly used as a
lubricant for machinery treadmills etc
there’s also there’s other many other
lubricants okay um do you have to use it
no absolutely not you don’t have to use
anything um what it does when you use is
it can help create lots of cells and
large cells however if your paint
consistency is not correct I find that
even with silicon you’re really not
going to get much cells so the paint
consistency is way more important than
using silicon silicon you can get at a
hardware store once again you can also
get it on Amazon there’s many many
different brands and you can use tons of
substitutes including like hair serum
wd-40 you know
personal lubricant even like there’s all
kinds of things pretty much anything
that is used as a lubricant of some sort
will work I’ve also been asked if food
oils will work instead I have not done
correct I did not have this issue I have
heard other people say that that happens
when the painting dries too quickly I
don’t think that is accurate personally
and I’ve not experienced that personally
and I live in Los Angeles where it can
be a hundred and ten degrees with like
zero humidity so that’s just doesn’t
make any sense to me and you you
probably have heard that it may be true
I’m not a scientist I don’t know but
from my experience it’s simply because
your paint is too thick so my advice is
add more water or add more pouring
medium and also run more off of the
canvas okay and then why did my painting
get muddy or a hand sells but I lost
them like I had these beautiful cells
but then when it dried there were no
more self okay this is the opposite end
of the spectrum it means your paint is
too thin most likely you’ve added too
much water and conversely people
sometimes get beautiful cells when it
first comes out of the cup but then as
they’re stretching it
they lose their cells and that is either
your paint is too thin or you’re also
not putting enough on the canvas don’t
be stingy put enough to cover your
canvas you don’t have to tilt it too
much and lose all of your cells or
patterns or designs or whatever you have
put enough paint on the canvas my ratio
personally is about one ounce per every
sixteenth branches of canvas so that
translates to an 8 by 10 canvas will be
about 5 ounces of paint ok and if your
colors are getting money or you’re
losing yourselves use less water
definitely they’re gonna thicken up your
consistency and on these last two points
don’t get discouraged if what you’re
doing isn’t working change it okay I
think it’s the definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over and over and
expecting a different result
if you’re can if your mixture isn’t
working no matter who you got this
recipe from or how right it seems change
and that goes into again how do I seal
my painting so I think I just actually
listed all of the ways the varnish is or
the enamel spray or resin there’s a lot
of a lot of ways and if one important
point on that is if you did use silicone
or any silicone or oil related product
in your painting you will need to
thoroughly clean it before you seal it
otherwise whatever you use to seal it
with will not stick it won’t work you
will have to clean it I personally use
alcohol other people use cornstarch or
baby powder to soak up the oil so my
recommendation is to just simply not use
the oil not use silicone I hardly ever
use it anymore but if you do make sure
you clean it thoroughly before sealing
it okay and last question we’re gonna
cover today is how do I fix the back of
my painting and make it look pretty so
that it can be sold I personally I leave
it alone it is sold as is and that is my
personal preference okay some other
things you can do is you can paint the
back us all in color so either with
spray paint or just regular paint you
can also pre tape the back of your
canvas so that when you do your paint
you can just peel the tape buy it off
and then you have a nice clean back and
a third option is to cover it with paper
either maybe a nice scrap of paper or a
regular brown paper and yeah so those
are the three options I would say and
then also along with this I’m going to
include one more question that I
actually didn’t write down is where do I
sign my painting I prefer to sign it on
the back because then the client can
hang the painting whichever direction
they want unless I have decided on a
finite direction like the painting is
going to be
in this direction and if you hang it out
in the other way it’s not gonna make
sense then I can sign it on the front
but most often I sign it on the back and
I don’t include hanging materials
because once again I want the client to
know so super cheap you can you
is more expensive options such as
liquitex pouring medium Golden’s GAC 800
you can use Vallejo pouring medium there
is DecoArt pouring medium there are so
many pouring mediums you can use now
these companies do also have similar
products that don’t say pouring medium
those may or may not work a lot of times
they’re not intended for pouring and I
wouldn’t recommend using them so you
want to find specific than the ones that
say pouring medium on them or with
golden it’s the GAC
800 you can use I’m sure other products
from them read the description it’ll say
intended to help you know make the paint
more fluid or whatever alright so that
answers that so next is what does the
torch do like what is this torch why are
you using this so I use a butane torch
you can also use propane or whatever you
can even use a torch lighter okay now a
lighter a regular lighter and a torch
they’re not the same thing guys okay
torch is different so it’s not just fire
you’re not just looking for fire
you’re looking for a torch okay a torch
is really to help get rid of the air
bubbles in the painting which can help
create cells
I used to there’s a lot of false data
going around about a pouring and there
has been for years and I even spewed
some of it when I was first starting
just because I really didn’t know better
like it helps burn off silicone that
doesn’t even make sense
but really what I’ve just from my
experience what it does is it helps get
rid of the air bubbles and it can help
create more cells thereby do you need a
torch absolutely not um I actually
hardly ever use the torch anymore
and I get cells just fine without it you
really don’t have to have it it’s fun
it’s definitely a fun tool to use but
you don’t definitely don’t need it if
you’re just starting out don’t worry
about it and then can I
