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They say necessity is the mother of invention, and it's so true! I really wanted to paint and make some SheleeArt blooms, but I was out of my Glidden Essentials house paint and Home Depot was out of stock too. So I tried Glidden Premium Semi-Gloss paint instead. When I opened the can and transferred 4 cups into my measuring cup, I noticed it was much thinner than my Glidden Essentials (and yep, I gave it a really good stir first!). So, what to do when you want to paint NOW instead of decanting and waiting several hours or a day for the paint to thicken up? This hack may help you! Please note I did not change the consistency of my pouring medium, or the consistency of my cell activator. The only difference is the thinner base (house) paint that goes on the canvas first. I was really impressed with the dried result--so incredibly shiny!--that I will definitely let the Glidden Premium thicken up and try in again as usual without the hack. I hope you find this useful!
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Colors/Brands/SheleeArt Bloom Recipe:
House Paint-base aka puddle for the canvas:
Glidden Premium Semi Gloss White House paint (Home Depot) 4 cup batch mixed with 1/4 cup Golden GAC800 to prevent crazing.
Pouring Medium aka PM-mix with all colors EXCEPT the cell activator:
Behr Interior/Exterior High Gloss Enamel DEEP Base #8300 (Home Depot)); Minwax Polyacrylic Gloss varnish ; 2:0.75 ratio paint to varnish. Mix well.
Brands/Colors mixed: Golden Fluid Acrylics: Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, Benzemedazolone Yellow, Permanent Violet Dark; Utrecht Fluid Acrylics in Red Violet, Primary Elements Pigments in Ginger Peach
Second Bloom: PearlEx Pigments in Apple Green; This Little Piggy Pigment in Lemon Sorbet, Emerald, Nebula, and Golden Fluid Acrylics in Permanent Violet Dark.
Several drops of Golden Fluid Acrylics into a 3 oz cup of PM (filled about 3/4s to the top); stir well.
All pigments are 1/8th tsp. pre-disbursed with a small amount of JoSonja Varnish to wet it, then added into 3 oz. cup of Pouring Medium; stir well.
Cell Activator (last color on your puddle before you swipe or blow it out-no PM):
Australian Floetrol + Amsterdam Turquoise Green. 4:1 ratio Austrialian Floetrol to paint
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