In our League we use Titanium White artists oil paint, and just add a little 3 in 1 oil to it to stop it going hard, saves a lot trouble mixing etc, its cheap and easy to get hold of.
Jim
In our League we use Titanium White artists oil paint, and just add a little 3 in 1 oil to it to stop it going hard, saves a lot trouble mixing etc, its cheap and easy to get hold of.
Jim
My lot recomend liquid paraffin. Mix it to a very thick paste not a liquid or anything that has movement, almost solid.
Add the liquid to a small amount of the powder and keep working it in yes it will clump at first.
Remember a little goes a long way and will last a very long time.
Any problems PM me I will pass them on to our Chairman who is such a dab hand at mixing the paint he does it for many clubs
and has been for the last 50 years.
I have seen it done with olive oil but this did discolour it with age.
Thanks for your advice - 50 years of experience can't be a bad recommendation - however, when I tried to buy some liquid paraffin from the ASDA chemist last night ( the only place still open) they did not stock it any more as they have "alternative" and "improved" medical products to offer.
Undaunted I bought a bottle of baby oil as the next best thing, so I will mix a solution up with this and try other chemist shops until I find one that still sells liquid parafin.
Thanks for our help and advice - Merry Christmas!
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I mixed the titanium white powder with the baby oil and it made a nice smooth creamy paste.
Next I applied it with a (new) one inch brush to a new redrob bell taget face and it has gone on OK, but it is a little bit streaky.
I am guessing the mix may be a little too thick, or the face being new will give an improved cover with more use, or I need a softer brush!
Not sure which yet, but I am on a role now and will keep experimenting until I get a nice smooth streak-free covering ( is this possible?).
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That sounds a bit like "the blind leading the blind" - but the resulting baby oil based mix is super-smooth and is a very bright white colour, so that part at least seems better than your experience with the 3 in 1.
I was going to test the 3 in 1 option later, but I will take note of your experience and not bother with that option when using the same Titanium Dioxide powder - but I may test it with some Titanium White artist oils paint sometime as that may give a better result.
I got a couple of very soft flat brushes from Rossendale Models this afternoon and I am hopefull that I can lay the paint onto the Bell Target plate a little bit better than I could with the standard one inch paintbrush I used last night ( it wasn't that bad in any case to be honest), so I am happy that I have a good result first time - thanks to the advise from the BBS contributors.
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I use these foam jobbies;
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/r/RODFBS3P/
And they work a treat!........The mix for the paint I use is the Ti-dioxide powder and Liquid paraffin, or sometimes groundnut oil......but as others have said it can be "gritty", something which can be sorted by using a cheap hand blender (or the woman's when she is not about).
Thanks Jim,
That probably would have been a much easier way to go - but I have this large pot of Titanium White powder to use now - but I may well be tempted to buy a tube of artist oil paint the next time I am passing a craft shop!
Merry Christmas and thanks for all your help during the year.
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