I often made reference to the useful tips Mina / Megha ( that you will find both in his blog that in his site, go to visit them, it is really worth. ..) to find a more 'cost effective alternative to expensive products for the decoupage: the results have always been excellent. Here below his table:
products to save
Mina De Iaco
ACRYLIC = washable wall paints + bottles of concentrated color
GLUE 1kg = glue diluted by use
final paint water paint for wood = 1kg
RETARDANT MEDIUM FOR PICTORIAL = paint water
PATINA WAXY = furniture wax + neutral color pigments that we need
PLASTER ACRYLIC PRIMER or = cementite
water or solvent diluted with water or ready stucco
glazing = bi-component resin or vitrification parquet
PASTA = MATT + tile adhesive mortar / sand mortar or plaster powder (sold in packs of pounds) + glue + Acrylic paint to color the dough
PASTA STUCCO ready for stucco faux fresco = + little white glue can be used for both material and as a decoupage paste snow
BITUMEN = oil paint burnt umber + neutral wax
= Purple acrylic paint gold or copper + neutral wax
Acrylic
acrylic colors are the foundation of decoupage, very versatile, shiny, creamy and are primarily based on d 'water therefore harmless to health.
It requires a great deal especially when you decorate furniture or wedding favors. Since I started
I always used to decorate the washable emulsion paint for walls, I find in hardware stores or department stores in
pack of 1 or 5 kg, of course, the bigger the package the higher the savings. I get even the bottles of concentrated color, are the ones that painters use to paint the mural in red, yellow, green, blue, ocher, brown.
Recycling glass jars with jam type-caps. Towards
in each jar of white and a few drops of coloring, stirring occasionally, until it reaches the desired shade. Always good to close the pots so as not to dry the color, and this is a good supply of acrylic paints ready for use by key delicate type: apricot, pink, yellow, straw, cream, ivory, chrome green, sage green, sky blue that you will need more in construction funds. For the nuances of the painting I advise you to prepare the color with little white acrylic and a few drops of dye to get more intense colors.
If you have decided to use a color like blue or red and you need it in large quantities I suggest you buy the base color ready in the package that best suits your needs: pound up, with the colors that you I listed you can form all the nuances that you need, just a little 'practice and a framework for the combination.
Tip
You have the wrong color or hue is not that right? Do not worry, the color can be changed at any time, adding white if it is too intense, or other colors to completely change you suggest below.
the base color is always a 'acrylic sold in packs of one pound or more suitable for many surfaces, from wood to metal.
combinations of colors used in decoupage
primary colors are: red, blue and yellow along with white and black
which combined together will form
all possible shades, it is not my field to teach the
color theory I will you know the main colors used in decoupage
red + white = pink red + yellow = orange
red + blue = purple blue + yellow = green
course, adding a greater amount of white you will get a touch more clear
C 'is a color that then added in small amounts in other
us those shades that are essential in
decoupage: the ocher
increasing the amount of white you will get varying degrees
Ochre + White = Red + Green + ocher salmon
sage green + white =
White + Blue + ocher ocher
ivory = = sky blue
My recipes
gesso
To replace the gesso can be used stucco
ready diluted with water to make spreadable
with the brush.
You can substitute with acrylic cement, while the cementite
solvent is ideal on metal bases.
Pasta snow-stucco home
strong powder (or hardware bricos)
-glue (hardware or bricos)
-white acrylic paint (acrylic paint for interior fittings or bricos)
-water mix in a bowl a plastic cup filled with plaster dust, a plastic spoon of white glue and a black acrylic white, add water and mix the dough too soft and should not become diluted.
You can store in a sealed glass jars.
The reason why I prefer to use the grout powder and
not ready for the snow pasta is simple: when preparing
not do it perfectly, in fact, I promise not
much, so the dough is grainy and when dry, from the very appearance of snow. To accentuate the effect
I dabbed the paste with a sponge
Tip
Alternatively you can use putty ready quickly for large cracks in tubes sold in hardware stores
decoupage glue
in decoupage glue is very important to achieve a good job. All kinds of paper requires a different type of glue that does not mean buying many types, what is needed instead is a different dilution depending on the type of paper and support. The glue is suitable for this purpose, high transparency and is not harmful. Practical tip
The finer the paper is delicate and paste all the more must be diluted glue
To avoid mistakes I always take the same type of glue, 1 kg tin
the wood that is much denser than the type paper and then diluted once is definitely more yield.
decoupage paper: the glue should be diluted with the ratio 5 parts glue and three parts water, one can prepare plenty of storing it in a glass jar.
rice-paper napkins - paper veil: the glue should be diluted to 50% with water being very delicate and fragile the paper needs a very diluted glue.
Handmade paper-this paper is very thick and sometimes encloses the fibers dried flowers and leaves or other filaments, it is very porous and therefore absorbs a great deal needs a very thick paste with a ratio of 4 parts glue and water, you also must be careful if you want to paste it on the curved support is not always easy to fit, usually to be used to cover the photo album as the basis for decorated with decoupage.
Patina
the waxy coating or neutral paste wax is the wax for furniture which was added a color, it is very easy to make and can be used in different ways, you can use acrylics, oils and pigments , just dilute with a little coloring 'of the product are well preserved in a glass container or jar closed.
paste wax for antiquing
To highlight the cracks: the cracks to highlight the crackle mix of oil paint burnt umber with a little 'neutral wax and sealed with a damp sponge
to penetrate well, after a few minutes wipes with a soft cloth to remove excess.
course you can highlight the cracks in any color you like as
sienna, light gold and antique ivory.
The wax is used to slide the color on the paint, so that is absorbed and retained only in the cracks of cracks
excess is easily cleaned.
Tip: If you have at home brown cream for footwear use it to highlight the crackle, is a classic, but it's still a 'good alternative to save.
bitumen Effect: For "dirty" an object and give it a patina
"old" use the wax to the color neutral mixed
oil burnt umber, especially
on decoupage material with the paste filler paste wax
gold and copper : acrylic mixed with gold and copper
neutral wax to obtain a paste that is used especially for gilding
decoupage material, of course, the paste wax can be done in all colors
paste putty faux fresco
ready to be noted that the grout can be used in the fake fresco as is already packed but I prefer
add to the mix a teaspoon of PVA glue
undiluted because it makes the dough more elastic
especially if used on canvas because it is mobile,
it may happen that the stucco comes off from the media.
It can safely be colored with acrylic paint that dries into
gets a little 'clearer.
Of course it is better to color it first just in case
you should use a light shade, because if you add too much color
the dough becomes soft putty and it will be difficult to spread and shaped with a spatula.
blasted
Pasta Pasta can be substituted with sandblasted tile adhesive
With the addition of fine sand or mortar for the common
plaster mixed with water and a tablespoon of glue
make it more elastic. Even
This paste can be colored either before or after
The glue for the tiles that the plaster mortar
can buy in small packages (1 kg.)
both in hardware and in department stores
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