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Help Tinting Water

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Help Tinting Water
Posted by #722 on Friday, August 14, 2009 5:40 AM

I know some of us model water using Mod Podge. My question is, can this be tinted using acrylic paints? I would like to make murky water.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, August 14, 2009 6:25 AM

I tint my Envirotex water with a small amount of acrylic paint.  I don't have experience with Modge Podge.

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Posted by JoeinPA on Friday, August 14, 2009 9:12 AM

 As I understand it, Mod Podge is a form of artist's medium. As such it should be compatible with acrylic colors. I have used artist's gloss medium mixed with a little acrylic color to make a reasonable murky pond.

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Posted by wm3798 on Friday, August 14, 2009 10:37 AM

I paint the surface first, then just put a thin coat of the Mod Podge gloss over it, and tease the ripples in.  No tinting required.

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Posted by nucat78 on Friday, August 14, 2009 11:02 AM
Try some food coloring?
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Posted by selector on Friday, August 14, 2009 11:53 AM

Both epoxy and the artist's mediums like Mod Podge can be tinted with tiny amounts of acrylic paints.  In the latter case, you could use a lot, but not with the epoxy.  I use "tiny" in both cases because the effect of even one drop of acrylic artist's paint in, say, a half cup of Mod Podge is very heavy and dramatic.  So try a half-drop, and go from there.  You can always cover it with more.

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:34 AM

 Typically acrylics can be added to anything solvent based without issues, it's when you try to do the opposite you have major problems. I also add acrylics when i am mixing envrotex lite whihc I feel is the only way to go. Alo texturing IE: rocks sand and painting the riverbed or what ever body of water with paint is also a good idea.

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Posted by nbrodar on Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:00 AM

 While the main water is WS Realistic Water tinted with Delta Creamcoat craft paint, I did the final coloring with Acrylic Gloss Medium tinted with Creamcoat.  A drop goes a LONG way in either medium:

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