dwc43 Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I have some and wont to try it out to make a black carpet look. I read on here somewhere about using thinned down Elmer's glue. What do you thin it with? Paint thinner ? And what kind of ratio? 1:1 or what?? And how thin is thin ?
crazyjim Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Water. You thin it with plain old water. I don't use a specific formula. Just kinda wing it each time. But I haven't tried the embossing powder yet because I still use Ken's Fuzzi Fur flocking that I get from Scale Dreams.
lonewolf01 Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 the one to ask is mr obsessive . he says it comes out alot better than flocking for relisim
MrObsessive Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 For embossing powder, I try to use an acrylic paint that's as close a color to the powder as possible. I do one square at a time because the powder it so fine grained that I don't want to waste it on one big section. Yes, to my eyes the powder is a bit more in scale than using flocking simply because it's finer ground representing carpeting in 1/24-25 scale. Here's a couple pics of the Cougar II I was working on with the flocking................ IMO, flocking seems more suited to 1/16 and larger------but that's just me.
dwc43 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks guys. And I agree, it does look more in scale than the flocking that I have seen. Flocking looks too thick and bulky looking to me. I want to try this and see how it turns out. How thin should I get the glue? Like water or thicker or what? I know it's kind of hard to explain, but ball park it if you can and then I'll try so practice runs with it. But, like mentioned above, I don't want to waste it either.
RatRod Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I would go with with what Bill said, use acrylic paint, not elmers. It works much better, and I have seen the Glue literary curl up, and peel off.
cruz Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Embossing powder is great, here is a picture of the interior of my Vega that I recently completed!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
crazyjim Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Does this embossing stuff come in a variety of colors?
cruz Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Does this embossing stuff come in a variety of colors?Yes Jim, it does but you can primer and put any other color you want, that's also the beauty of this system. If I recall, the other colors are gold, green, gray, black, blue and I think 3 o 4 more colors, they are soft, not loud colors.
dwc43 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Posted September 30, 2009 I would go with with what Bill said, use acrylic paint, not elmers. It works much better, and I have seen the Glue literary curl up, and peel off. OK. If I do the paint thing, again, how thin? Water, more or less?
MrObsessive Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 OK. If I do the paint thing, again, how thin? Water, more or less? If you're using Tamiya's acrylics, I'd use their thinner as I don't trust using plain water to thin acrylic paint. As far as thinning consistency-----------you gotta go with your gut man! As Bo Jackson used to say "Just do it!"
Ryan S. Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Where would one buy embossing powder? Craft stores? And aprox. whats the price on this? Thanks
Lownslow Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Where would one buy embossing powder? Craft stores? And aprox. whats the price on this? Thanks i paid roughly 1.50$ for what i got
Lownslow Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 If you're using Tamiya's acrylics, I'd use their thinner as I don't trust using plain water to thin acrylic paint. As far as thinning consistency-----------you gotta go with your gut man! As Bo Jackson used to say "Just do it!" you lost me so you airbrush it then apply the powder?
MrObsessive Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 you lost me so you airbrush it then apply the powder? No------------brush paint it as in Tamiya's bottle acrylics or other acrylics out there.
dwc43 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Posted October 1, 2009 If you're using Tamiya's acrylics, I'd use their thinner as I don't trust using plain water to thin acrylic paint. As far as thinning consistency-----------you gotta go with your gut man! As Bo Jackson used to say "Just do it!" Thanks. I'll just have to do a little test with it first then. I just wanted a ball park idea so I wont waste a lot of it.
dwc43 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Posted October 1, 2009 Where would one buy embossing powder? Craft stores? And aprox. whats the price on this? Thanks I got mine at Hobby Lobby on sale for about 1.50 or 1.75. It was over 3 bucks before the sale price.
Lownslow Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 No------------brush paint it as in Tamiya's bottle acrylics or other acrylics out there. i got you now :lol:i have to find another way i hate brush painting
cruz Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Crafts stores like Michael's and others carry it!!
crazyjim Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 Joann Fabrics online has 18 containers for $18.00. They don't tell you the size/weight of the containers though. I emailed them yesterday for that info. If this stuff works out, I might need to have a Kens' Fuzzi Fur sale. I have almost full containers of every color he sells through Scale Dreams.
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