Paint Colour Choices

[Mr Finch]

Folks

Having turned my first three acrylic Sierras (blanks from TB), the blue one looks great, but the pink one I can very obviously see the brass tube.

I realised (after lots of reading!) that I need to paint the tube before inserting, but, I have a couple of questions.

1. How do you choose the colour paint? I am tempted by white for the pink blank (003) but i am not certain.
2. Are we limited to primers - white, grey, black etc or can we use (say) silver paints?
3. When gluing the tube in, what to use? I have used CA so far, but am not sure how that will react with the paint.
4. Is the Halfords (I have a trade card) primer ok?

TIA

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[Walter]

1. I use white primer for pretty much everything other than very dark or black blanks in which case I use matt black.

2. You could use any colour you wanted it doesn't have to be primer.

3. I use epoxy for all my tubes painted or not and that works fine, however i have not had any problem in the past when using CA either.

4. Halfords primer is fine.

 

[rayf6604]

I use a selection of artists acrylic paints I got from eBay. Only down side is it takes a while to dry even over night, but you get the choice of colour in small tubes

 

[Vic Perrin]

My mrs used to enjoy glass painting but gave it up. Being the hoarder that I am the tubes of paint went in the store shed. Turned out very handy for painting tubes.

vic

 

[George Watkins]

the choice of colour will greatly affect the look of the blank, white will lighten so a mid blue can go to a sky blue for example, black will do the opposite. I like to put red under pinks resins.

I use the halfords primers then spray a top colour if needed.

epoxy is by far the best choice of glue

 

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Folks

Having turned my first three acrylic Sierras (blanks from TB), the blue one looks great, but the pink one I can very obviously see the brass tube.

I realised (after lots of reading!) that I need to paint the tube before inserting, but, I have a couple of questions.

1. How do you choose the colour paint? I go to the paint that I have that is the closest to the blank.I am tempted by white for the pink blank (003) but i am not certain. I Did two pink Divas one painted white and one black IMHO black looked better.
2. Are we limited to primers - white, grey, black etc or can we use (say) silver paints?What ever colours you have
3. When gluing the tube in, what to use? I have used CA so far, but am not sure how that will react with the paint. I always use Epoxy.
4. Is the Halfords (I have a trade card) primer ok? [SIZE=3[B]]Enamel, acrylic anything.[/B][/SIZE]

TIA

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[Mr Finch]

Thanks folks, most helpful! I think I will have to nip to Halfords. :)


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[silver]

If you want to play with fire SWMBO nail varnish is just as good, but if you get caught make sure you have an answer.

Acrylic paint are good, the local £1 shop usually sels starter artist kits that are good and simple..

All of the above has been mentioned works, but I use Epoxy and have be known to mix a little acrylic paint in to the mix just to make sure the colours don't get scratched on inserting the blank..

Trial and error to find what you are happy with.