I've subscribed. I must tell you that Ive been using this technique for sometime now. I mix the urea and water by hand, and instead of spraying or pouring out over the painting, I dip my hand into it, and rub my hand all over the area I wish to have this texture on. I must say, the crystals come out more pronounced. I loved your painting! It would make a nice gift to give away! We'll help you by sharing your video! God bless! (Hope you're out of the dog house now.😁) I find myself there quite often!
Thanks! i would have never even thought to rub it by hand, although I have used a paintbrush before. Its a really cool simple effect for certain. And WAYYYY cheaper than commercial products.. which are all urea based!
thank you, i will try it on guitar effect pedals, a good alternative for glitter, i hope tomorrow i will recieve the urea and start with the experimen, i find other methods for diy candy paint, i think it will be a good combination
Thanks Willy, I tried to hit all the high spots I could think of, I was also trying to not let it drag out, few people will watch more than 5 minutes of instructional,,, seems crazy but true,
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yes, and ive been meaning to expiriment with it. however i can only get it in gallons even then its been short supply a while. Eventually i will expiriment and see if it works well or not.
love it want to try but can seem to find that urea any where i live in denmark you know is any other stuff you can use for it or you have any link to get it
i do because its usually warm enough to dissolve it. in truth you could dump it all and heat it up once.. but I found this mixes more thoroughly. just want to make sure the crystals all dissolve in the water without boiling the water :)
Awesome video, I have a few questions. 1. So for how long should i wait for the crystals to dry? 2. Can i use aerosol spray can paint on the top of the formed crystals???
Until the crystals form.. and on top of the crystals you must use a solvent paint. Water based will redissolve the crystals making a mess. Other than that, no real rules. Happy spraying!
A much easier way is to mix diesel DEF fluid 50 50 mix with isopropyl alcohol (9o). Add base coat and let dry. Apply solution and let dry. Add top coat, dry and use scratch pad to lightly sand. You can use a blow dryer to manipulate the crystal structure when the solution is drying.
Hey Bill, That's a Cool Trick, Thanks...But can you store the Urea mix for future uses or does it have to all be used at one time ? If it can be stored, for how long and under what conditions ? It would be nice to keep a gallon jug or spray bottle premixed, for those spur of the moment idea type things.
@@TheAIRspace Thanks Bill for the quick reply. So I guess what you're saying is, once mixed.. as long as there is no evaporation of water and temp stays normal it would have a long shelf life, esp if totally sealed. That's cooler yet. Again Thanks for the great info and videos
@@mikes1031 Yes, i cant say how long.. because ive never mixed up a bath for long term, but I do know months for certain. Your welcome! Thanks for the support! Without feedback, I would feel like its not helping and give up!
@@TheAIRspace Hey NOW ! Everything you have posted as far as videos and replies, I would bet has been a great help to everyone that has viewed them,. Some people just don't like leaving a comment for fear of just saying thank you is not enough OR maybe a fear of sounding silly. I on the other hand don't care what I sound like to anyone online... LMAO ! Hope you had a great Labor Day holiday.
Look for it among the section for tie dye and other things. However fertilizer urea without additives should work plenty well. It can be bought on Amazon, blicks, and many art stores, I’ll try and dig up a link.
I absolutely have no idea. I would possibly be concerned with the acidity level. If there are no other impurities involved then possibly. I am positive you would not save any significant amount of money, a couple pounds of urea is about 12 bucks.
I'm trying this out but my crystals are so tiny and the water seems to gather in droplets. I've tried it on the window like you did but my results are awful in comparison. Did you use regular tap water or distilled? Maybe my air temp is too low? It's around 65F
Well first did you use a bit of dish soap? Beading usually means your water is not flowing on the surface Second did you mix some .. heat up and mix more in? 65 shouldn't be a big problem, but humidity can affect the crystal sizes.
@@TheAIRspace yeah I used a couple of drops of dish soap and mixed it like you did in the video, 1:1 ratio. I will keep experimenting though. Maybe I'm not using enough dish soap?
@@pewpew1645 beading up on a surface always means there is either a waxy surface present, and or water is not flowing well.. your not misting the water on either you want the surface wet. Alternatives to a spray bottle are with a rag, or even poured on.
hey i made my own solution had to convert Aussie lingo to American .lol, but i have a BC rich Guitar iam doing and was thinking. i did a test panel with 3 color s of base coat. orange, yellow. and red did the solution and then with black after i removed the crystals and i clear coated it got to thinking could i put Metal Flake over the base coat before the crystal solution. then shot the black and then clear? i did flake over the top but it overwhelms the effect. what do you think.
Metal flake over base will another your base coat colors. Although there are interesting effects you can use doing regular base oats for sure. If your wanting a little glimmer over the top pearls are much more suitable but you have to go very lightly. A small amount of pearl in binder gives a shimmer a lot of pearl will smother the colors. You could metal flake your base layer, and use candies in multiple colors (transparent s thinned would be similar but not as vibrant).
Hey you expained well. I mixed just as you said to create the solution and I applied in cotton and also a soft cloth and took two sample pieces one I used a heat gun for crystal and another I let that for few minutes the heat gun both got good crystal but onces after the base coat I waited for 10 mins and sanded with 2000 grird another with soft used scrubber the crystals are gone in some places and there some part the crystal look in normal form. I applied the solution 2 times and 1time in another part both the crystals. I want short crystals all over the part in the sample pieces.help me with this. Thank you
The slower the solution dries, the bigger the crystal form. If you spray the solution through your air brush and spray them on that way vs using a rag or cotton balls, you get really nice short, almost fiber glass looking crystals
I did a 1:1 ratio and used my Ajax but when i put this solution on a painted board (cardboard) the water got absorbed and left me with a beady powdery mess How do i stop the solution from beading up and making a mess? This seems to only work on waterproof panels
the only way for it to go back to liquid form is if it gets wet. again. it is possible humidity was high enough and condensation formed in a cold enough environment. But it would be rare.
@@TheAIRspace are the crystals formed with this method permenent,i mean even after the aditioon of second and last paint coating...will the crystal get condensed if the painted surface get wet
@@bibinchacko326 the crystals are a mask.. you should be washing them off after you cover with an alternating color. no the crystals will not be permanent. nor are they intended to be. the effect it leaves is by the alternating paint layer. Its all in the video.. you may have skipped a lot?
by volume it fills in the measuring device.. i realize thats not a perfect measurement.. it will get you close enough. Even if your ratio was a little lower or higher than mine.. really I eyeball it.
I tried this method and it did absolutely nothing to my test panels. I made sure I followed your directions closely. It went on wet and evaporated with no effects
@@TheAIRspace positive. Urea 46-0-0 from Amazon. I tried several times on two plastic panels. One panel coated in rustoleum gloss black and the other coated with an auto base coat orange. I live in Florida so temperatures were breezy with mid to high humidity in my outdoor shop.
well the urea doesnt stay on the panel.. its just a mask you wash off. I dont see it working in that instance. You could use urethane candies and spray them then wash.. any solvent based paint will go on them. powder coatings lock everything in it would be extraordinarily difficult to get the urea mix removed after im assuming. but you could always experiment and try :)
weeks to months if kept sealed. I cannot say for certain, I've had some around for weeks however. I could guess indefinitely, but i cant say ive tried to store it over years.
Questions; Has anybody tried mixing RIT brand dyes (the stuff you use to tie dye t shirts) with the urea marble paint? Had anybody used the urea blend creating real/true fire? Thank you.
in a situation that we are using these for.. there is no use in that. The urea simply crystalizes creating a mask.. one which MUST be removed from the surface.
