THR 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pigment, Straight Edge, Fiberboard
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Rarely can you make a mistake that can"t be covered up. Exapoates aka dry: binder- holds the paint to surface, pigment. Laytex based paint: inexpensive, liquid laytex and water, easy to clean up and easy to color mix, durable enough. Primer: we want to prime things because we will have raw materials, always think about what the final product will look like. Always easier to cover up a lighter color with a darker one: primer may take 2 coats, doesn"t have to be expensive paint (primer, also primers allow us to. In some states they insist you flam-proof everything so you mix the flam-proof stuff with the primer: paint back of flats a dark color so light doesn"t reflex as well (ex: black) Base coating: consist of 3 colors. Out of the 3 colors there will be a dominant color of the base coat (we pick this)
