PAINTING AND LACQUERING SALT DOUGH ;)

Painting salt dough:

In fact, the salt dough can be painted with poster paints or watercolors, but then the dough is in not protected, so after some time it can break down from moisture. These kind of paints unfortunately does not give a professional effect you have using artistic paints such as acrylic. Acrylic paints are more expensive than other, but firstly: they consolidate the salt dough, and the secondly: they give you the desired effect and are really worth to invest in. You can get them in a good paper shop, as well as in art stores.

Acrylics are available not only in standad colors, but also in pearly or metallic, shades of gold, copper and silver. They can be used for finishes. It will give a beautiful effect and glossy finish to our statues.

Where can you get pearly, gold and silver paints?

These paints can be ordered over the internet, but I'd recommend a faster way: art shops, where the colors we are looking for will be available for sure.

Coloring salt dough with dyes or spices you'll find here!

PAINTING TIP: To paint the details, like eyes, use a thin brush with small amount of paint or waterproof fineliner. Unless you use a waterproof pen/fineliner, it can blur when you use the paint and fade over time.

Lacquering salt dough:

Varnishing salt dough is an important issue and should be done with great precision, because the varnish preserves our figure, protects against moisture and color fading when the figure is exposed to the sun. A well-painted and well-dried salt dough will serve longer. 

We paint the figure with acrylic lacquer when it's dry, otherwise the ink may blur. I use and recommend spray, it gives a beautiful and shine effect. Its advantage is that it gets to every place, that may be harder to get to with the brush. You can get it at Leroy Merlin. It dries relatively long, but it's worth to wait, because it makes the surface smooth and shiny. You can apply several layers, but put another only after the previous dries.

I have also heard about the oil paint, which gives the effect of a glass, crystal coating, but I never personally used it. You have to lay it with thin layers, since it needs a lot of timeto dry - about 1.5 day, and do not use the spray paint on it, because they do not match.

REMEMBER: Figures should be protected from moisture, so placing them near the stove is not the best solution because steam will destroy its structure and they will fall apart. Never wipe the dust from figures with a damp cloth, dry only.

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