Marble Dipping

[AlanD]

Hi guys
I've been playing around with marble dipping.
I've been using testers paint.
I get a nice swirl pattern. But I'm struggling with bubbles. I've tried warm and cold water. Dipping it fast and slow. It always takes what looks like a nice swirl pattern and makes it look so unclean with all the bubbles on it.
I've gone to cutting patterns in a sponge and spray painting the sponge and rolling the shaft across it. It has a clean look to it, but it doesn't have the swirl look to it.
What an I missing, how do you do it?

[twigflicker]

Try this thread...

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=133378;p=1

Jonathan

[Mike Vines]

I have found when you get bubbles, it's because you dipped your arrows before all the oxygen bubbles have disipated from the canister.  

How many times have you filled up a glass with water to quickly and it was cloudy, then in a few minutes, it's clear again?  That's all the oxygen bubbles in the water making it cloudy.

Next time, fill your cannister slower, and find something to do for a few minutes while the air bubbles disappear.  

Best advice I ever received about arrow building, was to not rush building arrows.

[AlanD]

Thank you for the replies,
I know that I didn't give the air a chance to clear out. So that's a good point. It was just straight from the garden hose.
From what I read in that build along I wonder if I may have been putting to much paint in the water as well.
This gives me something to experiment with.
Thank you.
Alan

[AlanD]

One attempt was warm water from the faucet ( not the hose ) But still I did not let the water sit for a while.
I will try this.

[ghall80]

I find the bubbles are do torte paint not being thin enough.