House Paints for Printing...A Process Thread

[RADAR]

Thanks to the information on GP (and Nate Duval) I made the jump to house paints this weekend.

$5 a quart, color already mixed. Way cheaper that speedball. Used it right out of the can. Easy clean up. Kept details perfect. No smell. Dries quick on paper.

[The Fresh Prints]

sick print. i love process threads the best.

[ImJustRickG]

No Floetrol? How many prints did you get? Nothing dried in the screen? DETAILS, man, I need details!

[RADAR]

i printed 50, i could have gotten 200 i'm sure, no drying in the screens at all, straight out of the can. so cheep, sherwinn williams interior test paints.

[naduval]

yay! welcome to the promise land, lon.

[naduval]

Also, you are correct, you can get about 200 prints out of a quart ($5!) if it's just "normal" coverage kind of stuff.

[Steph Nitro]

sheesh.... final proof- i'm gonna visit the local hardware store too, looking at them prints. good work.

[geezfools]

process pics always make me wanna spend money! At least this wouldn't be much money, hah

[RUFUS]

Also if you're scared about it drying in your screen, you can add some retarder. I just use Golden's since thats what the art store here carries.

On lower mesh counts you may get some detail loss, in that case I mix about 50/50 with speedball. This mixture also works well for higher mesh counts too.

[RADAR]

my overhead just dropped. i think i'll take the lady out for a cheese burger.