Createx

[splake]

Any of you guys use Createx? Or the Createx Wicked? How do they lay down?, do you have to really screw with the reducers to get transparency?

They say Createx are for linens and Textiles? Is a resin Kit a textile?

I bought a bottle at Hobby Lobby just to check out.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks Guys

T

[Rocketeer]

I've messed with both. The ordinary Createx are designed for airbrushing teeshirts, and when you use them on hard surfaces, they tend to run when sprayed and don't dry well (although you can heat the surface and then they'll set up) and the resulting paint layer is kind of fragile. I've seen "recipes" on the internet for mixing them with Future or whatever, but since all my experiences with doing my own paint chemistry experiments have been unsuccessful, I've never tried a home-brew Createx mix.

The Createx Wicked Colors, on the other hand, are designed for hard surfaces. When you use Createx's airbrush thinner, they airbrush like a dream and dry quick and hard. Takes maybe three coats to get a nice rich color though. I used Createx Wicked yellow pearl on this project, and it worked great. I've also had success with tinting Wicked colors by mixing them with ordinary Createx; the mixture sprayed well and set up just fine.

[kevtk135]

I've never used the Createx, but coincedentally I was watching a Vice Vell Customs vid on YouTube last night, and he mentions that he found Createx sticks to 2 kinds of paints - one is Tamiya.
Vid is here - FF to where he's using the gold on the costume - https://youtu.be/h_DCZhu0Soo
HTH

[splake]

thanks guys