mica powder

[Maryann]

Just bought some mica powder at Springfield and just love them - what do some of you do with them, mix them with etc. I have just versamarked then dipped a brush in the powder and played - beautiful!!!!

[XrayAmy]

I think you can mix them with something like mineral oil to make a paint (like radiant pearls). I may be wrong about the mineral oil though...I can't remember what people use.

[Inky Whiskers]

I've read about mixing mica powders with gum arabic (available at art supply stores) & water to make a paint, but haven't tried it.

It does say on the back of the Perfect Pearls packages that the gum arabic is already in their powders, so just add a bit of powder to water in a paint tray to make paint, but I haven't tried that yet either. I don't know if other brands of mica powder come with the binder already mixed in, so if the package doesn't say it does, it probably doesn't.

I do know you can mix a bit of powder with Lumiere' white pearlescent paint to get a shimmery Radient Pearls like paint & other white paints may work too.

This is one of those experiment & have fun moments! :D

[XrayAmy]

Thanks Jenna...I knew someone would know more about it than me!

[Inky Whiskers]

You are most welcome! #8)

[Shari Z]

Perfect pearls (with gum arabic) has some nice
online videos to show you some techniques.

http://www.juliaandrus.com/videos

Shari

[piecesandpom]

Lindy's Stamp Gang, www.lindystampgang.com, also has mica powders
and cards in their gallery to show various techniques.

[Becky P]

I've mixed Pearl-Ex with a travel sized pump hair spray for a beautiful spray. The hair spray acts as the binder.

[alsmouse]

Becky, Doesn't the nozzle clog? How do you keep it from doing that?