Paint rubbing off of bones

[scorpio616]

I let the paint dry for a day or so, but it does still feel a bit tacky.

Uhm, that really odd. Acrylic paint should have dried completely. I've seen enamles stay tacky for a long time over plastic, but never acrylics.

[Unruly]

Do all Reaper paints have agitators in them? I can hear them in both washes, and see it in the Brush-on Sealer (it's a bright green bead), but I can't hear one in any of the other paints.

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

 

Yep, they all come with agitators. Though they're not the little skulls anymore, they're glass instead.

 

 

Oh, and yes, they all come with agitators. We put the volcanic glass beads in by hand, so I know they do. The glass is not as heavy as the white metal beads we used to put in, so the rattle is very soft and you may at first think there is no agitator, but there is.

[Pingo]

 

I let the paint dry for a day or so, but it does still feel a bit tacky.

 

Uhm, that really odd. Acrylic paint should have dried completely. I've seen enamles stay tacky for a long time over plastic, but never acrylics.

Acrylic paints can sometimes remain tacky. In my experience it has mainly been glossy colors that do so. I have heard excessive use of flow aid can also cause tackiness.

[ahayford]

Acrylic paint should dry relatively quickly. If it is tacky after an entire day, I can only suggest what others have already said.

 

1) Not mixed up enough

2) Too much flow aid

3) Something wrong with your paint batch

4) Clean your figures better with detergent

 

A plastic primer shouldn't affect the paint tackyness, but can make painting the figures a little easier.

[ferret]

It is very important to throughly rinse the figures with clean water after washing them with dish detergent. Any residue from the detergent can cause the paint not to adhere properly. Also, very lightly sanding large flat areas with fine sandpaper (2400 grit) helped with preventing paint from beading and is not noticable once the paint was applied.

[psyberwolfe1]

So Dawn is the best dish soap to use. It gets grease and mold release out of your way. Second don't handle your miniatures skin oils will make your figures resist paint, so attach your figure to a handle. Everyone else has handled the shake your paints and use less paint additives issue.

[maxstyles]

This is probably a long shot, but did you handle the rats after you washed them? Oils from your hands could have gotten on the plastic and caused your paint rubbing problem. I have had the same problem on some metal figs when I started paint back in the day. Also were you using brushes that were also used with enamel paints? you can never get all the oils out of the brush which leads to contaminating the acrylic paint you are put on the miniature....

[Laoke]

Oh yeah, good point. I use a pair of latex gloves to handle my figures when placing them onto armatures, and take care to not touch them while painting if I can avoid it.

[jdizzy001]

Oh yeah, good point. I use a pair of latex gloves to handle my figures when placing them onto armatures, and take care to not touch them while painting if I can avoid it.

Here! here! Avoid touching your minis while painting them. Mount them to soda pop toppers, place them in a vice, attach them to armatures whatever you do, just avoid touching them. Since I have switched to this "handsfree" approach I haven't had a problem.

[hmdrake]

They were washed with Dawn, rinsed, and not touched afterwards. I was really careful about it.

[smokingwreckage]

Sound s like a crook* batch of paint.

 

*meaning sick, not criminal.

[maxstyles]

cool -- i was pretty sure you had, but I had to ask. :)

 

Another long shot question... Did you get something on your brushes? Not rinse the soap out of the brush completely? Rinse water contaminated?

 

I'm pretty sure that the paint wasn't shaken enough, but I wanted to be thorough.

[hmdrake]

I... did not wash the paint brushes after purchase. I should probably do that. Using unncontaminated rinse water though.

[BloodRose9337]

This sounds odd, but your soap may be the culprit in some cases. Scented soaps tend to contain oils. These oils can affect your paint's ability to stick. I ran into this problem once and the best fix is to use the cheap stuff. No scent, no oils.

 

 

I let the paint dry for a day or so, but it does still feel a bit tacky.

Uhm, that really odd. Acrylic paint should have dried completely. I've seen enamles stay tacky for a long time over plastic, but never acrylics.

 

 

If you live in a humid area it can happen. I live in the mountains of western NC. In the summer, it gets very humid and paint can take days to dry if it rains frequently.

[maxstyles]

I usually use any artists soap to clean them. I heard of people using shampoo to clean them since they are hair, but I have never tried them. Its always a good idea clean your brushes everyone so often to get rid of dried paint that has built up in the brush.

 

I... did not wash the paint brushes after purchase. I should probably do that. Using unncontaminated rinse water though.

Is this the first thing you painted with the brushes? If so, there are a number to things that could have gotten on them depending on where you purchased them. Are you still having trouble or did it stop happening? (sorry if someone else already asked this)

 

All that being said, I haven't ever washed my brushes before I use them... LOL I guess I should start now huh? ;)