My airbrush setup

[Westend]

Hey Brian,

If you spray a ceiling in a bedroom do you recommend removing all furniture making it easier to cover up with drop cloths?

Best regards,
Pete.

[rkmichie]

Hi Brian,

Just to make sure I understand - you are using the Sherwin William Illusions Latex Faux Finish Glazing Liquid on coated powders only, is that correct? Because it does not look like the coated is available in all colors, those that aren't are still only available solvent based, with regards to spray "compatible", is this correct? or maybe are you saying this glazing liquid works with all powders? Sorry i am so confused but as I have said earlier my quest is to find a way to spray water based formula only. Thanks

[Glowing-Creations]

Pete,
I'd recommend removing as much as possible. If not make sure you have drop cloths EVERYWHERE! Not just underwhere you're working. The spray as you know goes where it wants not where we always want. You do have to layer it on to get a good result so that equals lots of overspray. Just be careful.

Rkmichie,
I am using Sherwin Williams Latex Faux Glaze as my medium. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by coated powder though. The latex glaze only comes in the milky clear drying color that I know of. As far as powders I just use the powder from Glow Inc and one of their competitors for some powders that they don't have color wise. Hopefully they'll get the color that are white and glow another color so I can use only their products. I try to stick to a 4:1 mix ratio depending upon the powder. Some are a lot more dense than others and need more than a 4:1 ratio. I hope this helps out with your questions. This is only the ratio that I use for spraying. When using the glue bottle technique or some other method, I do not thin it out as much. It's pretty much by eye at the texture. I always mix my own paint. The downside or upside how ever you look at it, you can not leave it open because the latex glaze air dries faster than normal so be careful and keep it covered up.

[GlowInTheDarkSundial]

Glow inc sells uncoated and coated powder. The coated powder can handle water based media. The uncoated will deteriorate in water based media. So he just wanted to make sure you were using the coated powder so you won't have problems.

[Glowing-Creations]

Honestly I don't know. I just go and click on ultra blue or the v10 and buy. After looking at the main page and what it says I've been buying the non coated powder. I haven't had any problems with it so far. Do you mean deteriorate as not work or not be held in suspension? Like I said I haven't had any problems so far. Nothing droping off the ceilings. I guess I'll try the coated next time and see how it mixes and works. Let me know what your experiences are with the coated.

[GlowInTheDarkSundial]

Deteriorate as in affect the glow. Try the coated and see it if glows better. Also since it is coated the particle size is a tiny bit bigger so it may be slightly harder to keep in suspension. So keep an eye on it and mix as needed.

This is what you are looking for -
Coated Ultra Green V10 Glow in the Dark Powder for Water Based Mediums
Brightness Rating: Very High (~32000)
Duration: Very Long (12+ hours)
Glow Color: Green-Yellow
Daytime Color: Almost Clear with White-Green Tint
Works well with water-based mediums
Super bright and can tolerate water

[rkmichie]

yeah, now that i look back at the paints there are more coated choices than i thought earlier. I thought there were only about two choices and the other colors were not available, but I see green, blue, purple is available. Thanks

[nature artist]

love your glow in the dark stars- am attempting something similar on painting to go in children's hospital.

questions: which medium did you use? water based or solvent based? which powder? did you seal them at all?

also- usually a uv protectant is applied to paintings that will be in the sun. i am assuming that this would counteract the glow in the dark effect?

any help you can provide would be helpful!! deadline is looming!
thanks!