Coloring Liquid latex

[vancegeoffmen]

Does anyone know how to add coloring to liquid latex. Can you use dyes for plastic?

[Boris71]

The best way to colour latex is to add acrylic paint to it, I usually use vallejo or citadel paints as I have found they are the best, this is like making your own pax paints the only thing I would warn against is adding too much paint as it can affect how stretchable the latex is. I know this is method works as I have built puppets with it for years

[vancegeoffmen]

Thanks Boris I'll give it a try

[TrueDave]

yeah the 1.00 craft bottls of acrlic paint at Wal Mart does it.

If youre serious ( want a lot) about it go to a paint counter and get concentrated pigment of what ever color you want.

[vancegeoffmen]

I actually tried a sample mix with some acrylic and it turned out great

[Bizarro Amy]

What kind of latex do you use? Is it the kind sold at craft stores for mold making?

[Boris71]

Glad it worked out for you and yes del thats the stuff I usually use

[Bizarro Amy]

Interesting. Years ago, when I was learning the basics of customizing, someone told me to mix latex paint with the liquid latex. I tried it and got nothing of use, and didn't think there was a reliable way to color it. That's actually how I got started using Plasti-Dip. Considering the quality of those craft paints, it's hard to believe they do much good either.

[JediJaida]

How about Ceramcoat? Or whatever that stuff is called?

I want to repaint a pair of china made repro boots.

[Boris71]

Interesting. Years ago, when I was learning the basics of customizing, someone told me to mix latex paint with the liquid latex. I tried it and got nothing of use, and didn't think there was a reliable way to color it. That's actually how I got started using Plasti-Dip. Considering the quality of those craft paints, it's hard to believe they do much good either.

well I usually use paints like citadel or valello that have been designed for model and minature painting, I have tried Tamyia paints and not had much luck with them, I know some of the acrylic artists paints work well with the latex too but I have never tried them out myself I would say if you have some latex give it a go you can get the paints for about £2

[Boris71]

How about Ceramcoat? Or whatever that stuff is called?

I want to repaint a pair of china made repro boots.

I have never tried doing that but Given how smooth they are I would say you would be hard pushed to get paint to stick to them unless you rubbed them down with veryfine finishing paper first, I know I had to do this when I was modifying a doc mego body to make a micronaught time traveller and when modifying a lego bionicle part to be able to glue stuff even with plasti zap