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Show me how I can Rent a Better Scrim I like what I see, show me how I can Buy a Better Scrim Painting on Chameleon™ within a budget Many of our customers expressed interest in a how-to article on painting on Chameleon ™ . This page summarizes how we paint on Chameleon™ and offers tips and suggestions to make the task easier. Chameleon™ can be painted on in a “dye style” (the way you paint watercolor paintings) using diluted, easily found paints. A comparison to painting on regular scrim (shark’s tooth scrim)…. Sharkstooth scrim is cotton, and so is absorbent. Chameleon™ is a synthetic fabric, and so is not absorbent. Sharkstooth scrim can be “painted” with dye, Chameleon™ on the other hand is not absorbent, and so needs a binder (a binder is essentially a glue). Paint is dye plus a binder. So we usually paint Chameleon with an Acrylic/ Latex paint diluted. Painting Chameleon™ and preserving translucency… Using Latex House paint or artist’s Acrylic paint would fill the holes in the scrim, and make the material opaque. We dilute the paints to a consistency of 4:1. So if using ordinary household latex paint, we use 4 parts water to 1 part paint. We then test a sample to make sure that the paint solution when dry is still translucent. We adjust from there. You can dilute the solution further to allow use of a Hudson spray tank (an ordinary garden sprayer) to apply the paint, but you must be aware that the more dilute the paint, the less binder. If you dilute too much, the paint on the scrim will be adversely affected by moisture. So don’t dilute much further if you expect the scrim to be used outdoor and be exposed to rain or dew. (Note: we don’t recommend using painted scrims outdoors. The techniques cited here mitigate the issue, but don’t solve it.) If you prefer an opaque painting, you can use latex or acrylic full strength. Note that scenic paints are more intense and create a more intense color when diluted. Steps to paint a large translucent painting…
Keep in mind that the kraft paper colors the painting before completion. Since kraft paper is brown, the painting will look more brown while in work, than when complete. Actual colors of the finished piece depend on lighting and the darkness of the space behind the painting. Dark space behind the painting will make the colors less intense. If you make an error in painting, immediately wet the area by pouring water on it. Water is the eraser in this style of painting. Allow this area to dry and try again. Advantages of painting Chameleon™…
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