I read on the board where someone (I'll check that out later) said that the Liquitex Acrylics work well. When I was over to Helena, MT visiting Stan Grace, I picked up some of these pigments to try.

To say that I'm unhappy with this is a severe understatement. Not only did I waste over $20 buying these worthless things, but I just wasted a few hours making sure that they're worthless. Finding out that Liquitex Acrylics were a "higher grade" of this type of product assured me that my previous failings with acrylics were just due to the inexpensive nature of the brands I had previously tried.

This stuff turns to snot almost immediately, not quite as bad as the aforementioned cheaper versions, but I couldn't imagine doing 6" or 7" of marble on a rod with it. I couldn't hardly make it through an ink pen with it and the stuff was spider webbing all over everything. Swirling it in turned into large knots of total disaster!!

Don't use acrylics in marbling. Maybe the Testor's works; I've used it without any bad results other than it's very transparent. But no other acrylic that I've tried does anything but turn ultra thick and unworkable.

This is, by the way, the worst information I've ever got from this otherwise fine forum of Tom's.

Disappointed in Williston (to say the least)
Putter

PS Any artists out there want to buy this stuff - CHEAP?



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My O My! I thought I had a poison pen. This is the kind of post I really like. I am prone to go out and get all the new stuff hyped - thank you dear sir for a candid straight forward post! I now nominate you to evaluate all colored liquid things that can be used to create swirley thingamagigs called patterns that will be approved for future funded the Puttersteen Chapel!

Gon Fishn

But, what do you really think Randy? LOL!

Regards......Doug@
TCRds

Randy,
I hope I didn't contribute to your failed experiments. I mentioned that Liquitex is one of the very best acrylics and has a huge color assortment . I had no idea you were going to use it with a pen. It is not made for that use. I thought you were going to put some globs down and swirl one color into another. Enamel paints are ideal for marbling due to their excellent flowing properties. Still I have no idea how you would use them in a pen. I missed any mention of using a pen in the marbling process.
What type of pen are you referring to? Dave

That's $20 of un-drunken PBR.

Dave, all that you said was that Liquitex was a high quality acrylic artist's paint. You made no promises of any kind that it worked well in epoxy. No problem at all, Dave.

The pens are what I experiment on with all of these things. Much better than a bunch of junk rod blanks colored pretty laying all around worthless. I can give the pens to friends when I'm done with the lab work, anyhow. You can see some here:


[www.fishingphotos.net]

Putter
Williston, ND

Putter, I though you would know better than even try acrylics. They just don't mix in epoxy-period. You have made so many wonderful contributions to the art of marbling. I guess we can all consider this as a contribution of failed art. (Again) Don't ever think of using acrylics for marbling. They don't work. We have all learned thru failure.

Ed

Myles,

One thing for certain is that $20 worth of PBR would leave him with a sunnier disposition.

Stan Grace
Helena, MT
"Our best is none too good"

Honesty I like that Putter.
What about the Tap Plastics tints?

I brought some TAP pigments of Stan's home with me. He had several colors for me to try. I used a blue, a purple, a red, and white so far. The white is very similar to Testor's as far as how it blends and/or contrasts. :)

The blue and purple are very dull; no shine or brilliance to them at all. :(

The red is one of the brightest, shiniest reds I've ever used. :)

Putter
Williston, ND

I make my colored rings with them. Find some colors need more then others. They are nice and mix well in epoxy. The red only needs a drop while the greens and blues seem to need a lot more depending on the shade wanted.
When I clear my rings they really shine



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I tried the purple before the blue. I could see in the bottles that they both appeared very dull and lackluster in shine. The purple was dull, as expected, so when I did the blue, I loaded up as much pigment in the epoxy as I dared. Still very dull. Won't use either again.

Putter
Williston, ND

They should shine when cleared over

The clear might shine (reflect light back to your eye) but a dull, non-brilliant color can never "shine". If the characteristics of the paint are such as to be dull, that's just the way they are. I guess I'd term this a "flat" paint or pigment.

Putter
Williston, ND

But Putter, did you like them??????? You need to be a little more specific!!


Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!