Does anyone use Acryics for woodgraining? I've always used Rubber based printing ink with a top coat of clear lac. or urethane. But I would like to use something quicker. For those Pebble Beach hurry up madness,last minute jobs, gotta have it now,type of stuff.
Posted by Bob Darnell (Member # 27) on :
Hi Alan,
I remembered a post where some people were talking about woodgraining with acrylics. Maybe they could give some answers.
I don't know if this is of any help or not for being faster... maybe?
I admire your work very much.
Posted by Jackson Smart (Member # 187) on :
Hi Alan. I use a lot of acrylics. Yes, it is rather easy to do wood graining with acrylics. The trick is to keep your paint flowing. I use a couple of extenders. One is: Acrylic slow-dri Medium from Liquitex. It doubles the working time of acrylics. The other is : Airbrush Transparent Extender by Golden. They are availabe thru most quality art supply stores.
If I can be of furthur help, please contact me.
Posted by Mike Lavallee (Member # 320) on :
Hi Alan,
I used liquitex acrylics with the extender also to do some pretty cool woodgraining then cleared over it in the usual manner. it looked great. Mike
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
Acryilcs here as well. I use waterbased glazes for transparency and Floetrol to slow it down. I clear with waterbased polyurethanes for interior use, and Pelucid for exterior use.
Posted by Alan Johnson (Member # 2513) on :
Thanks for the good imput and kind words , I used the extender-retarder it worked great . slowing the drying time is the key. Maintain Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :
Alan, How about a picture! What technique did you use?
Posted by Alan Johnson (Member # 2513) on :
As soon as I can figure out how to do that , you got it . I'm just a babe in puterland
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