Re: Painting with Acrylic

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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

> > >

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