My submission to the Regina "Pig's in the City" was chosen. I am now the proud keeper of a 5' long, 3' wide and 3' high pig. I was planning on painting him with acrylic paints, but now I've been told that I may have trouble with the automotive clearcoat being incompatable. One autobody shop has told me that I can solve this by using a scuffing paste and scotchbrite pad. They said to just take the gloss of the paint before I clear it. Now I'm starting to wonder about the acrylic paints I was planning on using too. They are recommended for porous materials such as terra cotta, cement and wood. This guy has that polyurea coating on that I was asking about in another post. I had started painting him a couple of weeks ago so that I could see how the paint held up. I took a scrub brush and warm water to it and they seem to be well adhered. Any comments?
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
give it HDU wings and make it a flying pig !
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
These are the pigs created for the Saskatoon initiative last year - check out C-Pigs Fly http://www.pigsinthecity.com/pigs/pigture.html Fun Stuff! Posted by Tony McDonald (Member # 1158) on :
Hi Kelly,
You should have a lot of fun with this project. A couple years ago, my niece who works for Hallmark was picked to decorate a cow in Kansas City for "Cows on Parade" After decorated they were on display all over KC. There was a "Nascow" for racing, a "Marilyn Moonrow", ect.... My wife has the book with all the finished cows and names of artists in it. It's really fun to look at.
Have fun
Posted by utter (Member # 634) on :
Glenn, you never cease to amaze me with the endless amount of pictures, anticdotes, and clipart you come up with. hahahaha
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
Kelly, there are several kinds of acrylic paints that I know of - there are the tube artists' paints which would be glossy and pretty thick painted on, there are the Deka so-called sign paints which would also be glossy and would lay flatter on the surface, though coverage is lousy. I don't know why either of these should be clear coated - but then there are the craft acrylics which cover well and dry dead flat and lay down flat too, and it makes more sense to me to coat these if they want shine. These are available at Wal*Mart and Michael's and it should make a quick&easy discovery to make a sample on a card and have the auto shop put some of their clear on it to see. I bet it will work fine.
Posted by Richard Bustamante (Member # 370) on :
--Hi Kelly, Speaking of pigs... Helen Strang here at Signs in the Pines is a wonderful illustrator. The photo below is a postcard she came up with to send to the local screenprinters.
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