Where can I find micro glitter ? Thanks
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Where can I find micro glitter ? Thanks
These are what I Glitters
These are very fine and mix into powder paint like a dream. They'll also mix into transparent liquid paints too or you can dip a wet head in the glitter then use a cover coat when the binder holding the glitter on dries.
I have several colors of powder that I use these glitters in and I also use a lot of the fire opal color in plastic for a belly color that isn't a pearl but somewhat clouded like a pearl.
These glitters are very heat tolerant. Very easy to use.
Thank you ! I'll give those a try !
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My favorite is the fine and Ultra Fine from Nicole Crafts that I get at AC Moore which is like Michaels and Hobby lobby.
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I've used all kinds of brands and haven't found a bad one yet. Another way you could go is get Jacquards PearlEx systems mica powder and a couple of pounds of clear and mix it up,
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Is that glitter heat resistant? Last I bought from a craft store melted when you put the hot head in the powder paint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fatman
I've had mixed results with after market, craft store glitters. As I understand it the polyester glitters have a fairly high heat tolerance, high enough that they'll work in plastic where I am more prone to them. I read the labels now to see what the glitter composition is. I'd like to expand my color making ability with the powder paint as far as glitters are concerned and have been chatting a bit with Fatman. I don't think he'd mention a product that had issues in powder paint since he'd just about as good as it gets in the head painting department.
A lot of my frustration in finding glitters that work in places like Michaels and Hobby Lobby is that in one area of the country they may shelve products shown here by Fatman, but in this region such labels are not found and the stores don't like to move products between themselves.
I've used creatix, walmart, tulip, hobby lobby, michaels (on the sample packs from hobby lobby and michaels if I see shades of glitter I like I'll buy at least 3 sample packs of each one), nichol crafts and I've never had any problem when baking the heads in the oven. The PearlEx mica powder mix's fine in clear powder paint and I've posted pics of those before, I haven't mixed all of them yet.
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Agree with ctom on availability of products from one section of the country to another. Two glitters I haven't tried yet are the fine/extra fine from JoAnnes' and the other is the WOW! brand glitter.
I have several polyester glitters from JoAnns and haven't had any issues with any of it.
I found some extra fine glitter at Walmart... I want to
mix silver with clear but I want a lot glitter in the powder paint... What kind of ratio should I use?