Create your own glossy spray paint.
Mica powder in acrylic paint.
I added a small amount of the blue mica powder to the varnished and stirred it in well.
Mica is so flexible that it can be directly mixed with your art supplies like oil paint acrylic paint and other products.
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 them with a 50 50 mixture of pva glue and floetrol.
Having played around with this powder since this project i believe i could have used a lot less powder for the same effect.
Mixing your own paint pigment powders is a high value way to achieve the exact colors and effects that you want with paint.
Binders suspend the dry pigments and give the paint good adhesion.
On a larger surface i was worried they would just run all over the place and be completely out of control.
For most materials light will either hit an object and bounce off of it while some energy absorbed as heat such as a door or pass through it such as a window.
To use mica powders as a natural paint simply dampen a paint brush and then dip it into the desired mica powder color.
Black diamond pigment powder.
What makes mica shiny or metallic.
Mica powder works extremely well with metallic paint.
I added some blue mica powder to the water based varnish that i would be using to seal the chalk paint.
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.
You can use mica powder for painting in various mediums in addition to adding it into the paint however you ve to be keen when choosing the medium to mix with mica.
Mica powders can be used in nearly any project that will accept dye or paint things such as.
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 solution involves adding water a tablespoon.
This will make your work stand out and give it more contrast and visual appeal.
Combine pigment powder with a binder to create custom colors in acrylics oils and more.