Question:
How do I make clear paint?
anonymous
2012-01-06 08:09:54 UTC
Please real answers thank you!!
Seven answers:
?
2012-01-06 08:13:26 UTC
I presume you mean something like Varnish, Laquer or Gloss.

All can be bought from any DIY/Crafts/Automotive store.

Pretty cheap.

Lots to choose from too, i personally use Yacht Varnish as it's very thick, works well on my projects.

You can also buy spray on glue which sets clear. This is useful if you want a clear coat that you can also use as an adhesive.

Gloss is mostly sold as an aerosol and is very versitile and easy to use.
TayTay
2012-01-06 09:20:38 UTC
there isn't really such a thing as clear paint. In watercolor "clear paint" is just plain water. but for acrylic or oil paint there isn't just clear.

you can use varnish, but that is more for sealing up paintings after you are done. and you cannot paint back over the varnish.

Also there is decoupage. this is used as a type of glue. for instance to glue some types of paper to a board or canvas before you paint it.
?
2012-01-06 09:41:02 UTC
I assume by clear you mean translucent.

With acrylic you can us a matt or gloss medium with the paint, which will make it as translucent as you like without altering the consistency of the paint, this is particularly effective over white gesso. With oils you can either dilute the paint with turps or a non toxic substitute to apply thin washes of colour or mix with linseed oil to create top glazes.



If by clear you mean without texture or brush marks. Then use the above with soft brushes. Or use gouache mixed to a single cream consistency to create areas of flat matte colour.
?
2016-11-13 14:04:19 UTC
Use a marine epoxy paint. it is the kind it truly is used on boats. yet this isn't recommended - you would might want to water-resistant the entire deck so as that the timber below received't rot - it is what motives the paint to peel off. timber will amplify and settlement relying on the temperature, which particularly a lot means that the coat will crack someplace. in the journey that your deck is dry most of the time, marine epoxy paint will very last. yet, in the journey that your deck receives soaked in fairly some water most of the time, i imagine the answer above is more suitable recommended contained in the longer time period - have it dyed. you would possibly want to attempt an oil depending polyurethane or penetrating oil stain - it might want to help guard your timber
?
2012-01-06 08:47:29 UTC
As soon as we get clear question, we give clear answers..
?
2012-01-06 08:11:43 UTC
I don't think you can... You want a glaze or varnish of some sort?
Arthur
2012-01-06 08:10:30 UTC
Lol..... wow


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