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How to paint onto silicone?
How to paint onto silicone?
Hi can anyone help me. I've been looking around for information about painting on to silicone skin. I know about adding the pigment colour when mixing before you add the catalyst to the mix.
What I really would like to know is how/ can you paint onto the the silicone puppet? Also what would be the best paint to use?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Re: How to paint onto silicone?
Maybe try this stuff?
I've never painted onto silicone, but this looks pretty good for it.
Re: How to paint onto silicone?
This video does help a lot and provides the useful information about the silicon painting, thanks for posting it.
REGARDS
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Re: How to paint onto silicone?
I have used silicone sealant (ordinary bathroom sealant) the stuff that you squirt out of guns. You can thin this down with either white spirit or lighter fluid and add silicone pigment or oil paints to acheive a silicone paint. You will need to experiment with the right amouint of each ingredient to suit your needs, and it sometimes cures quite shiny so you may also need to get a matting power to take the shine off the finished piece. Or if you are using platinum cure silicones such as platsil or dragon skin, you can mix part b with the desired colour, then add part a and thin with lighter fluid.
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