Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:13:58 -0400
From: Utamaro <shur-AT-aics.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Paint Question............?


If you can't think of a way to change the color, consider just painting
over the final form with acrylic paint. Acrylic is basically soft
plastic when dry and it should be flexible enough if you sanded the
rubber to a rougher surface so that it would stick.
Good luck!

Hartz wrote:

> This is a strange question........but......
> You know the stuff in hardware stores that you dip
> your tools in and it coats it in "cold" rubber?  It
> comes in yellow, red and black.  How would you go
> about changing the colors of that stuff?  Experiment
> with regular pigment powder?  Try mixing regular paints?
> Thanks a zillion.............(I need a flesh tone)
>
> Conrad Hartz
> Hartz Handcarved Puppets....since 1975
> http://www.mindspring.com/~gkoepke/hartz.htm
> http://www.puppetcircus.com/conrad.htm
>
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