Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:31:36 -0400
From: San D Hasselman <kprs-AT-cybernex.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Paint Question..........?


Have you thought about buying textile paint, which does indeed keep the
fabric flexible.  As for additives, if you go to the textile paint
department of your local craft store, perhaps they have an extender or
other additive you could add to regular acrylics.  With the advent of
Homes and Gardens TV and Martha Stewart, craft ladies have sprung up all
over America, so there must be something commercial you could add.  As
for rubber cement, I hadn't heard that one before, but since rubber
cement is flammable, and not really good for the artist to use because
of fumes, etc, I would personally not use it.

San D

Hartz wrote:

> I use acrylics and I want to paint a piece of chamois
> eyelid for blinking.  What additive do you recommend
> so the  painted chamois stays flexible?  I had heard that
> rubber cement mixed with acrylics would do the trick.
> Any suggestions?
> Conrad Hartz's Woodcarved Puppets
> Beaufort, SC USA   1-843-525-6888
> http://www.mindspring.com/~gkoepke/hartz.htm
> http://www.puppetcircus.com/conrad.htm
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