Robillicus
New Member
Whoa.... where does one start?
Actually, what your all seeing is a combination of many different things. I'm by no means a paint expert in anyway (but I pretend to be at work), but I will do my best to give some information based on my experience.
First, it looks like the hands are falling apart. Which, after some examination is not the case at all; but the latex paint itself peeling and flaking. This leads me to believe that the paint might have been applied way to thick - no thinners used - i.e. water or alcohol. Or, if there were thinners used, it wasn't enough to alter the body of the paint. On one of my first paint ups, I didn't use enough water/alcohol, and it ended up cracking and splitting. The hobby acrylics were way to thick right out of the bottle, so, much thinning was needed. Also, on another note, was the suit painted already when you sent it off, or was their paint already on it?
Did the hands feel stiff and ridged? After only a few wears, the paint started to come off? This also leads me to believe that the paint was applied too heavy. I feel the same way about the body suit as well. It is very possible that the painter did not use any sort of adhesive or "primer." When using latex paints, you've GOT to use some of flexible binder to not only give the paint something to bite into, but something that's flexible enough to move and not do exactly what we're all seeing. Now, I'm not entirely convinced you need to use something like that with Inks as they're technically not paint; but "dye's." They penetrate and "stain" whatever you're painting. Anyway, a primer is NEVER a bad idea -- and a must for latex paints -- craft acrylics and Liquitex, for example.
To reiterate what everyone has already said, you need to strip them. They're contaminated, and I'm more than sure nothing will stick to them in their current state.
The smell of smoke is a new one for me. I know how to seal cigarette odors out of rooms and **** like that, but I've never encountered a prop that stunk like that. That's kinda gross, and if you're a non-smoker it's really ******* gross. This is why I smoke outside, away from all the stuff I don't want to stink. *Sigh*
Anyhow, enough words. I'm going to contact you through Facebook, Steve. I'm sorry this happened to you.
Actually, what your all seeing is a combination of many different things. I'm by no means a paint expert in anyway (but I pretend to be at work), but I will do my best to give some information based on my experience.
First, it looks like the hands are falling apart. Which, after some examination is not the case at all; but the latex paint itself peeling and flaking. This leads me to believe that the paint might have been applied way to thick - no thinners used - i.e. water or alcohol. Or, if there were thinners used, it wasn't enough to alter the body of the paint. On one of my first paint ups, I didn't use enough water/alcohol, and it ended up cracking and splitting. The hobby acrylics were way to thick right out of the bottle, so, much thinning was needed. Also, on another note, was the suit painted already when you sent it off, or was their paint already on it?
Did the hands feel stiff and ridged? After only a few wears, the paint started to come off? This also leads me to believe that the paint was applied too heavy. I feel the same way about the body suit as well. It is very possible that the painter did not use any sort of adhesive or "primer." When using latex paints, you've GOT to use some of flexible binder to not only give the paint something to bite into, but something that's flexible enough to move and not do exactly what we're all seeing. Now, I'm not entirely convinced you need to use something like that with Inks as they're technically not paint; but "dye's." They penetrate and "stain" whatever you're painting. Anyway, a primer is NEVER a bad idea -- and a must for latex paints -- craft acrylics and Liquitex, for example.
To reiterate what everyone has already said, you need to strip them. They're contaminated, and I'm more than sure nothing will stick to them in their current state.
The smell of smoke is a new one for me. I know how to seal cigarette odors out of rooms and **** like that, but I've never encountered a prop that stunk like that. That's kinda gross, and if you're a non-smoker it's really ******* gross. This is why I smoke outside, away from all the stuff I don't want to stink. *Sigh*
Anyhow, enough words. I'm going to contact you through Facebook, Steve. I'm sorry this happened to you.
