Snugglepuss
Well-Known Member
We all want to give 3d Nail Art a go - me included and to be honest all I ever ended up with was a squidgy wet blob of coloured acrylic - which was only recognisable as a ...... well as a squidgy wet blob of coloured acrylic :lol:
So today armed with coloured powder - worthy of a rainbow, monomer, a laminated sheet and a various array of different sized brushes, I set my desk out and began work :green:
Well smiles and enthusiasm did not reign long - yep you guessed it, I soon had a load of double dipped squidgy wet blobs of coloured acrylic :lol:
:lol:
After a lot of perseverance I managed to get the hang of it (not took any photos yet - but may do a tutorial in time). So what did I do different? well I will tell you and hopefully some of these tips will help you :green:
The first thing I was doing wrong, was working to wet! all the tutorials I have seen/heard etc say that you MUST WORK DRY. Well let me tell you my geeky friends I thought I was I wiped as much of the monomer out of my brush on the side of the dampen dish, as I could, but to no avail!
I was using quite a large brush and was trying to pick up a small ball of powder - well even if you have flattened your brush and only use the corners it still came out too wet and too large
Now then, I realised that it was all to do with the amount of liquid my brush was holding. So I changed to a no 6 sized brush with a very long flags which also has a lovely point to it and quite a small belly.
I dipped my brush all the way into the monomer to release any air bubbles and wiped as much excess monomer out of the brush as I could! Then I did the unheard of I wiped my brush on the table towel! I then picked up the smallest bead ever. I still let it rest before patting it out and this is where I noticed the biggest difference. The bead was dry but because I had removed as most of the monomer out of the belly of the brush, when I pressed on the bead - it released just enough to make the bead pliable and easy to shape both with the point, flags and belly of the brush.
For the next bead, I only put a tiny tiny bit of monomer right on the very end of the flags, again let it rest then pressed it out :green:
I can now tell you I no longer have squidgy wet blob of coloured acrylic but lovely double dipped flowers :green:
I must also tell you that Jac Extreme :hug: gave a very handy hint which was to do 50/50 monomer and acetone - the mix ensures a quick dry rate :green:
You will let me know if any of this helped xxx
So today armed with coloured powder - worthy of a rainbow, monomer, a laminated sheet and a various array of different sized brushes, I set my desk out and began work :green:
Well smiles and enthusiasm did not reign long - yep you guessed it, I soon had a load of double dipped squidgy wet blobs of coloured acrylic :lol:
:lol: After a lot of perseverance I managed to get the hang of it (not took any photos yet - but may do a tutorial in time). So what did I do different? well I will tell you and hopefully some of these tips will help you :green:
The first thing I was doing wrong, was working to wet! all the tutorials I have seen/heard etc say that you MUST WORK DRY. Well let me tell you my geeky friends I thought I was
I wiped as much of the monomer out of my brush on the side of the dampen dish, as I could, but to no avail! I was using quite a large brush and was trying to pick up a small ball of powder - well even if you have flattened your brush and only use the corners it still came out too wet
and too large Now then, I realised that it was all to do with the amount of liquid my brush was holding. So I changed to a no 6 sized brush with a very long flags which also has a lovely point to it and quite a small belly.
I dipped my brush all the way into the monomer to release any air bubbles and wiped as much excess monomer out of the brush as I could! Then I did the unheard of
I wiped my brush on the table towel! I then picked up the smallest bead ever. I still let it rest before patting it out and this is where I noticed the biggest difference. The bead was dry but because I had removed as most of the monomer out of the belly of the brush, when I pressed on the bead - it released just enough to make the bead pliable and easy to shape both with the point, flags and belly of the brush. For the next bead, I only put a tiny tiny bit of monomer right on the very end of the flags, again let it rest then pressed it out :green:
I can now tell you I no longer have squidgy wet blob of coloured acrylic but lovely double dipped flowers :green:
I must also tell you that Jac Extreme :hug: gave a very handy hint which was to do 50/50 monomer and acetone - the mix ensures a quick dry rate :green:
You will let me know if any of this helped xxx
