Mica Acrylic Paint

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Mica acrylic paint.

What makes mica shiny or metallic. Black diamond s pigments can be used for a variety of projects from screen printing to acrylic painting but they excel when mixed with epoxy producing fluids. I have no idea how these mica paints might perform on a larger piece so i m just going for it. In the mini trial i had been a bit concerned that the paints were a little thin having just mixed the mica powder with the floetrol so this time i mixed.

I used 2 coats of annie sloan napoleonic blue which was applied with a chalk paint brush. If it doesn t work out it will be easy to scrape and wash off the record for another time. Anyone who wants to try i say give it a go. Art enthusiasts are often excited about the numerous possibilities added to their artwork with mica.

I added some blue mica powder to the water based varnish that i would be using to seal the chalk paint. Black diamond pigment powder. Once the chalk paint was dry. These high quality pigments tint the acrylic base around the mica powder adding to the dimension and depth effects metallic paint offers.

The chair was stripped down and sanded to get the smooth surface off so the chalk paint would stick better.