Making Fluid Paint & Testing Viscosity to Curious Creatures Latest Single So Tall

Making Fluid Paint & Testing Viscosity to Curious Creatures Latest Single So Tall




2014/09/26 に公開

Quick Method

Add 1 part coloured paint to 1 part white paint to about 2+ parts cooled boiled water. Blend together and avoid introducing bubbles. Look to see if the paint is thin enough to pour in neat concentric circles and thick enough to coat a vertical surface well when dry. It's better to add water to a mix that's too thick then add paint to a mix that's too thin. Reds may need less white. Adjust formula as required.


Method

To make your own fluid paint add cooled boiled water to your mixing vessel. Using Cooled boiled water rather than water from the tap should extended the shelf life to about 6 months or so. If you are mixing up florescent paint then use them asap. They may only last a week or two.

Then add your acrylic colour and white. Most colours will do well with an equivalent amount of white so that they don't become to dark when dry. Reds however will become pink if you add too much white. Just like the one in this video. The red they sent was much more watery then usual and because I didn't correct for it came out on the pink side. Perhaps two parts colour to one part white would be a better ratio for cool red. Magenta I use 3 parts colour to 1 part white. I would avoid using Chromacryls Warm Blue as it tends to discolour the white areas as the painting dries.

Here are the quantities used in grams for the last time I made these mixes:

White - water 900 - white paint 725
Cobalt Blue - water 575 - white paint 225 - coloured paint 225
Forest Green - water 657 - white paint 300 - coloured paint 314
Light Green - water 755 - white paint 296 - coloured paint 300
Violet - water 548 - white paint 250 - coloured paint 248
Black - - water 600 - black paint 500


Reducing Bubbles

It's important to minimize introducing bubbles into the mix because they can come out in your work later on and spoil it. Unless that's what you want then here's some tips.

When you add you paint the the water try pouring it in a thin steady stream and this will help reduce some of the air in the paint.

Try to make your mix on the thicker side and the then dilute with water to the desired viscosity.

Use a drill with a suitable mixing attachment to mix everything and avoid creating a vortex. If you do happen to introduce air while mixing then stop straight away and leave it over night. If you need to mix by hand then use something with a narrow and round handle/shaft.

If the mix ends up with too many bubbles then you can leave them aside for a few days to a month. If you're in a hurry and you don't need much you can spread a thin film of paint on to a metal tray and then sweep over the paint with a blow torch.


Viscosity

To test the relative viscosity I use a 1ml pipette that includes negative markings up to -0.3ml. I lower the pipette into the paint up till the 0ml mark with my finger on the hole at the other end. I then release my finger for 10 second before raising to find how far the paint has travelled up the pipette. I aim for between the -0.25ml and -0.30 markings.

Another way to test the viscosity is to fill a 3ml syringe with the paint, cap it, pull the plunger out, remove the cap and then time how long it takes to evacuate a pre determined weight from the syringe onto a set of 0.01 scales. The caps for the syringes go by the name - lure lock tip caps.

It's still possible to get pretty good results without measuring relative viscosity, however consistency will become more difficult to achieve.


Brand

I use an Australian brand called Chromacryl and I only tried one other brand before settling on Chromacryl. I've heard that some brands will crack when dry but it shouldn't be too hard to find a suitable brand if you need to substitute. Keep in mind however that the water ratio could be quite different.


Band

Found Curious Creatures on Triple J Unearthed. They've been getting their latest track on a few radio stations. Way to go Curious Creatures!

They can be found at these web places:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIDl...
https://www.facebook.com/CuriousCreat...
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/arti...
http://curiouscreatures.bandcamp.com/...


Thanks for watching! :)