03-04-2012, 07:38 PM
The reason your liquitex paint is not bonding is because it just a acrylic paint, it is not made to flex with the latex. The liquitex that comes in the tube will also not work.
The paint mixture described above (Acrylic Paint/Liquid latex) may work, but...
The only issue you may have now is, depending on how old the blank cast is, you may have an issue with the Acrylic Paint/Latex mixture bonding to the older latex. If it was a fresh casting, then you would have no problem, but if it is not, you may have some issues with the paint sticking.
I would suggest doing this:
Wipe off the entire mask, make sure you clean off all the older liquitex paint that was cracking. I would recommend using 99% alcohol to clean it, if you can\'t find any of that, 91% alcohol should work okay and that should be easy to find at your local pharmacy.
Once the mask is completely clean, wipe it down with White Vinegar. The acidic nature of the vinegar will actually open up the pores of the latex and help your paint mix (acrylic paint/latex) grip the blank mask.
After the entire mask is been wiped down well with vinegar, you can wipe the excess vinegar off, and sponge on your first layer of paint. The latex is going to smell just as a heads up, but that will go away.
After your base coat dries, you can do all your other painting, just make sure your paint mix is PRIMARILY made up of latex... 30% paint-70% latex is a good ratio... you DO NOT want more paint than latex otherwise (even with the vinegar method) it will probably crack/peel.
This is just one of the MANY methods of painting a latex mask. There are tons of them. I think this will be the easiest for your situation. I am not guaranteeing that it will work... latex is funny sometimes and will act weird, so if you want, just test it out on a small part of the mask... like the inside, before you sponge a layer of paint over the whole thing.
Hope this helps.
-Jake
The paint mixture described above (Acrylic Paint/Liquid latex) may work, but...
The only issue you may have now is, depending on how old the blank cast is, you may have an issue with the Acrylic Paint/Latex mixture bonding to the older latex. If it was a fresh casting, then you would have no problem, but if it is not, you may have some issues with the paint sticking.
I would suggest doing this:
Wipe off the entire mask, make sure you clean off all the older liquitex paint that was cracking. I would recommend using 99% alcohol to clean it, if you can\'t find any of that, 91% alcohol should work okay and that should be easy to find at your local pharmacy.
Once the mask is completely clean, wipe it down with White Vinegar. The acidic nature of the vinegar will actually open up the pores of the latex and help your paint mix (acrylic paint/latex) grip the blank mask.
After the entire mask is been wiped down well with vinegar, you can wipe the excess vinegar off, and sponge on your first layer of paint. The latex is going to smell just as a heads up, but that will go away.
After your base coat dries, you can do all your other painting, just make sure your paint mix is PRIMARILY made up of latex... 30% paint-70% latex is a good ratio... you DO NOT want more paint than latex otherwise (even with the vinegar method) it will probably crack/peel.
This is just one of the MANY methods of painting a latex mask. There are tons of them. I think this will be the easiest for your situation. I am not guaranteeing that it will work... latex is funny sometimes and will act weird, so if you want, just test it out on a small part of the mask... like the inside, before you sponge a layer of paint over the whole thing.
Hope this helps.
-Jake