Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 I followed the directions in the files section under decorating. I used Liquitex Gesso for the base coat. Delta Ceramcoat for the color and Delta Interior Varnish for the tope coat in matte. It worked well and looks nice. I do have to touch it up about every other night as he is always bumping it and chipping the edges. The other suggetion of spray might be more durable. My sons pic is at the end of the N folder under H. Bobbi H. 7.5 months tort/plagio/brachy DOC band 5/8/06 Phx > > Oh, thank you so much this is great! I had thought about spray painting but > I was worried that I might mess it up. I think if I go slow and spread out > the coats like you had suggested, I might be fine. What did you use for the > top coat? Is there a special Krylon top coat? > > Thanks for the e-mail! > > Mom to Madelyn 12/27/05 > > > >From: " Tricia " <twinsreims@...> > >Reply-Plagiocephaly > >Plagiocephaly > >Subject: Re: Painting with Acrylic > >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:05:40 -0000 > > > >Hi , > >I actually used Krylon Fusion spray paint. It is supposed to fuse to > >plastic. We sprayed two coats and then a topcoat. We did all of this > >during one break from the band during the day, and I wish we had > >spread it out among a couple days because it ran a little bit. But it > >still looked great. We taped off the edges (where they shave the > >band) and placed a towel inside. She had her band 7 weeks, and we > >never had to repaint it. The stickers stayed on too. (those were > >placed before the topcoat.) Sorry I'm no help when speaking of > >acrylics! > > > >Tricia > >Mom to Anwen, 12/22/05, DocBand Grad 6/06 > >and , 12/22/05 > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. I know this might sound like a dumb question but I am getting my > > > daughters DOC band on Monday and want to paint it. I read in the > > > decorating section to use acrylic paint and to paint it on in very > > > thin layers. To get it in thin layers do I have to water it down? > >Has > > > anyone else used acrylic to paint their child's helmet? Thanks so > >much! > > > > > > > > > Mom to Madelyn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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