Sealing Painted Rocks With Resin

Sealing your painted rocks helps protect them from the elements and gives it a nice finished shine.

Sealing painted rocks with resin. Measure the lip on your panel as they can vary. In general the best way to seal rocks painted with acrylic paint is going to be with a spray sealer. These step by step instructions will help you create beautiful rocks with a resin sealer. This solution is 2 parts golden gel medium to 1 part water.

Put gloves on and add resin and hardener in equal parts to plastic or glass container. There are a lot of different variables that go into properly sealing your painted rocks. Self sealing paints include folkart outdoor paint folkart multi surface paint and martha stewart multi surface paint. If you re looking for even more shine head over to our tutorial on how to use resin on rocks.

See the finished rocks in the video below. Fill your passion for the art painting on the rocks with these amazing 90 easy rock painting ideas for beginners that make the best ever inspirations. It is a brush on varnish very easy to work with. Back at this diy thing today with part 2 of my starry night mountain painting.

Gamvar comes in matte satin or gloss. The product is known as gamvar and the solvent is gamsol. This post is part of a 3 part series for creating sealing and framing custom artwork. I get asked a lot of questions about rock painting.

I have had stones outdoors i. Today i m sealing my art with epoxy resin to get a clear gallery worthy finish that protects. Learn how to seal painted rocks with these simple techniques. In order to fill it to the top you d use double the amount.

Step by step instructions for using resin on painted rocks. They are the best diy crafts for those who love to do small less time taking but useful crafts in their spare time. The curing time does take some patience. Some acrylic paints are self sealing though and won t need any sealer at all.

Let this gas out and the paint the gamvar on in a single thin even coat. Paint an even thin coat that goes on milky but dries clear. Don t forget to check out the video below too. Rock painting how to resin application.

The panel in our video for example has a 1 4 lip. If you missed part 1 where i showed you how to create easy custom art. How to seal painted rocks. Using resin on rocks.

Learn a simple way to make your painted rocks super shiny. I recommend painting an isolation layer on your piece first. These tips and step by step instructions will break it down so you can paint rocks for outdoors. A standard 1 8 layer for a 12 x 12 panel requires 5 oz resin 2 5 oz resin and 2 5 oz hardener.

How to make painted rocks. There are a lot of different options out there and it can be overwhelming. Painted rocks are top in the list of fun summer crafts that you can do with your kids.