Thanks so much for your tips. They will help me and perhaps others
too. I guess I've ben lucky in the past, but recently a couple of
rocks I basecoated are leaving the brush marks and that's really
discouraging. I have always sprayed outdoors because of my emphysema
making sure the overspray is blowing away from me. Now that warmer
weather is here, I can do that again, but I never thought to spray
rocks as a base coat. Thanks so much.
Kathleen
leighsa555 <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
>
> I find spraying my basecoat on more efficient and I think it
dries
> fast. But I know you have respiratory issues so it might not be the
best
> method for you. I buy white paint or white primer in a spray can.
i
> pay $1.00 a can at wal-mart. In a well ventalated area ..i lay down
> some newspaper. Sometimes I wear a dust mask.
> <http://www.afcintl.com/resp/draeger/photo/xplore1350_lg.jpg> I
shake
> the can well. I spray with short bursts of spray. The key is to
> spray at a considerable distance to your stone. this way it sprays
a
> very light mist of color. Most times I stop right there because
that's
> all I really need. It's a light mist...so it appears a light gray
in
> color and it dries in 1 minute because it's so thin. Next I do my
> pencil sketch and it's easy to see my lines clearly. If I want it
> whiter i just do another slightly closer pass and it's usually
dries in
> a few minutes.
>
> Leighsa
>
>
> "Kathleen" wrote:
> > Suzi,
> > Thanks, I have the hardest time basecoating my rocks and that
deters
> > from painting. I'll give this a try.
> > I've got a video from school (for class) to watch tomorrow, but
> > should be able to work in some rock basecoating.
> > Again...thanks.
> > Kathleen
>
> > > > Hi sweety..
> > > > i paint white acrylics on all my rocks...with a brush on my
suzi-
> > > sized rocks.
> > > > me thinks Leighsa spray them all at one go becoz they are tiny
> > > pebbles....hehehehe
> > > > hugs
> > > > suzi
> >
>
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