Dye White Flowers
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/6/1 5:49 a.m.

Dye White Flowers
To dye those fake white small flowers, try food coloring. It can be mixed up in small batches, and can be washed out when you want to change the color again. Or thin down acrylic paint and dip the flowers in to stain them. If you want to make it a thicker application, take the flowers apart and dip the cloth part. Then dry on paper towel or styrofoam tray.

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Painting Tips:
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/6/1 5:47 a.m.
1. Use cheap wooden skewers to stir paint. They're easy to use and don't get covered with lots of paint like paint store stir sticks do.

2. Keep your acrylic paints fresh by using a Tupperware pizza storage container or other lidded container with storage compartments. The lid makes it air tight, and the divided compartments make it easy to separate color families. Mist it lightly with a spray bottle, and put the lid on between painting sessions.
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protect your clothes and shoes. painting
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/4/12 10:01 a.m.
use a large trash as a smock and slip on old sweatsocks over your shoes to protect them from drips.
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paint brush in the freezer
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/4/12 9:58 a.m.
don't clean your brush every time you stop painting. Store the brush in a sealed ziplock plastic bag in the freezer until you're ready to paint again old sheet instead of dropcloths.
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Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/4/12 9:45 a.m.
plastic dropcloths are to slithery or to stiff..so use a old bed sheet instead. Double it to keep paint from going through.
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plastic bag, painting houe tip
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/4/12 9:42 a.m.
always keep a few plastic bags on hand. If you need to pick up the phone or answer the door, just slip your hand into a bag.
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light fixtures keep paint free
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/4/13 11:09 a.m.
tie plastic bags around light fixtures and wrap doorknobs in aluminum foil to keep paint free
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paint can and paper plate
Posted By: linda glenn
Date: 2004/4/12 10:08 a.m.
instead putting your paint can on newspaper, glue the can to a paper plate, it catches spills and is easy to transport.

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