Perfect Painting
You mean, you're not content with Pal Tiya Premium's natural 'stone' color? Ah okay…
There are many ways you can paint your Pal Tiya Premium Sculptures.
When can you paint a Pal Tiya Premium piece?
When the sculpture is bone dry, it can be painted. This may take a day in direct sunlight or a few days in a cool studio. Once it is dry, it can be either sealed or painted. How to tell? When it cannot become any lighter in tone. Wet Pal Tiya Premium is quite dark. Very dry Pal Tiya Premium is a solid pale grey.
A sculpture can usually be painted after 5 days. Water can migrate through paint. Sealing is a different matter. Sealing makes the surface impervious to any water migration, in or out. This is why you must wait 28 days till the chemical hardening is at virtual maximum, and no further water is needed.
There are many ways you can paint your Pal Tiya Premium Sculptures.
When can you paint a Pal Tiya Premium piece?
When the sculpture is bone dry, it can be painted. This may take a day in direct sunlight or a few days in a cool studio. Once it is dry, it can be either sealed or painted. How to tell? When it cannot become any lighter in tone. Wet Pal Tiya Premium is quite dark. Very dry Pal Tiya Premium is a solid pale grey.
A sculpture can usually be painted after 5 days. Water can migrate through paint. Sealing is a different matter. Sealing makes the surface impervious to any water migration, in or out. This is why you must wait 28 days till the chemical hardening is at virtual maximum, and no further water is needed.
ACRYLICS
Many folks use a "watered-down" acrylic exterior grade house paint.
As our product is amazingly impervious to water, paints need 'a little help' to stick to the surface longer outdoors.
'Lightly' pre-dampen your piece with a little water before applying acrylic paints. If you're really keen, we recommend you buy a pot each of white, black, blue, yellow, red and a mid-tone green.
Almost any color can be mixed from these. You may even want to 'experiment' with other types of paints and coatings. We like to 'age' our sculptures by building up washes of a very diluted Sepia color, then 'sponging-away' the flatter areas (don't forget to squint a lot while doing this bit).
You can also use acrylic concrete stains!
All of these pieces have been colored this way:
Many folks use a "watered-down" acrylic exterior grade house paint.
As our product is amazingly impervious to water, paints need 'a little help' to stick to the surface longer outdoors.
'Lightly' pre-dampen your piece with a little water before applying acrylic paints. If you're really keen, we recommend you buy a pot each of white, black, blue, yellow, red and a mid-tone green.
Almost any color can be mixed from these. You may even want to 'experiment' with other types of paints and coatings. We like to 'age' our sculptures by building up washes of a very diluted Sepia color, then 'sponging-away' the flatter areas (don't forget to squint a lot while doing this bit).
You can also use acrylic concrete stains!
All of these pieces have been colored this way: