macksimum

ahh. but you fiend hardcore once youve had a taste for both...

water in inks i made an ink with some powdered leather dye and to get it liquid i used hot water...when i put the ink into my new deoderant marker and tested it, it looked like what happens when you draw on the shiny side of the back of a label....you know how it all seperates and beads off? i was wondering if that was from adding water to the dye...or could it have been from the sponge i used as the nib for the marker (havent tried to come up on any chalkboard erasers, yet)? because when you pull the sponge outta the package they're a little damp with a weird soapy substance. but i dont think thats the problem cos i tried using a sock and the same thing happened. if anyones had a similar problem and/or solution please lemme know. until then i will try to figure it out myself...but help would be great.

Re: Re: RIT dye what i have came in powder form, so i would have to add water anyway. i mean, i wasnt planning on using it only as the ink...but rather as an additive...guess ill just have to 'figure it out for myself...'

i know its been mentioned that latex paint doesnt work like oilbased paint, but i was wondering if anyone knows why it doesnt take thinners well? i made one recipe that was some cool red krylon bucket paint (yes, it was latex) and since i was hard up for flow i just mixed it with some Jasco i had lying around...did it thin? no. it got all goopy and weird. just wondering what it was about the oil based paint that makes it work better...