How to: Make your own Sprays & Spritzers with Acrylic Paint 

Thank you XO

Hi, Your words are logic, but i wished to read what kind of improver :( Anyway thank you for your advice.

So the best way to make the best quality spray is to measure out (for example) 4 tbsp paint to 1 tbsp water? By flow improver do you mean an acrylic medium such as Liquitex Fluid Matte Medium? It seems like that might clog the sprayer, but maybe not if it’s mixed also with water? Or maybe you mean something else entirely by “flow improver”? Thanks!

Do you mean Floetrol as a flo improver?

Eric Bruth Thanks Eric, I received your "Happy Mail" this morning, thanks so much, I love it! I'll be finding a frame for her!

Woot! Great I could help! XO

Awwwww thank you for yur tip i was thinking what about the metallic look. Uve answered that. Thank you for sharing.

+Chillergiller I would have thought it would depend on the viscosity of the glaze, too thick and it wouldn't spray...it may be worth experimenting with though! XO

Mike, do you happen to know how you would formulate a spray with acrylic ink? Do you think just less water? I just do not know how much ink then. It is like the cereal and the milk lol

Angela Nash Hi Angela, I've never seen Liquidtex products on sale in the UK, unless they go by a different brand name. I'm assuming that the airbrush medium is a retarder so would be more expensive than tap water! Mx

Oh I wasn't sure what is available to you, yeah expense is the thing. I had just recently learned of it and was curious. So if you have any airbrush mediums there probably the same, but if water is just as good by all means...lol :)

Hi Natasha, yes you could, but you’d need to really shake it to wake it before each use! ❤️

Hi Dorothy, I've never mixed alcohol and acrylic paint so I couldn't give you an answer. I have mixed water with acrylics and I've never ever had any problems.

Airbrush media is the ideal way for longevity. Isopropyl is not an ideal media for acrylics. Water isn't great but it worked better than I thought it would.

+Robin Conlin Sometimes you need to pull the trigger slow to get a fine mist, without knowing what kind of spray bottle you purchased I can't really offer any more help..sorry. XO

Mica will clog the nozzle if you don't clean it afterwards, it's only when it dries that it becomes a problem. To clear the nozzle try holding the bottle upside down and spraying until there's nothing coming out, then store it, that way your nozzles stay clear for the next time you want to use them. XO

what a brilliant tip, that upside down tip, thank you so much !!!

I bought all my spritzer bottles from EBay a few years ago... they’re the best place to get them on the cheap.

As I explain in the video - hold them upside down and spritz until the nozzle and tube is clear before putting away! I guess you missed that bit!

@@MikeDeakinArt No Mike, I did not miss that bit! I have tried everything you have suggested and yet, they still clog.... especially if I add mica to the stray. I have even used less paint than I want to make a vibrant color, and more water...

Fran OnTheEdge Hi Fran, I order mine in quantities of 25 for my main business, and I sell them individually on my website, so I just steal them from the shelves whenever I'm in my stockroom! I'm sure a Google search will show you a local supplier to wherever you are in the world. I'm in the UK.

Mike Deakin Yes, I'd buy them in 25's too, but what do you actually search for? I mean what are those sort of bottle called? and do they come with the sprayer, or do you buy those separately (my last lot of spray bottles I had to order the sprayers as a separate item) and if separate maybe it's what the SPRAYERS are called that I need to know. (Yes, I'm in the UK too). I do like how clearly you explain things in your videos.

Fran OnTheEdge Hi Fran, I can do a special order for you if you want and post them to you through my Kraftyhands business. If you'd like to order some them please give my office a call on 01132443154. Tell them your one of my RU-vid subscribers and they'll know what you need. Mx

Can buy a mixed bottle set ( holiday travel set ) from Boots............also pound type shops.

Not too sure on that one as some of the paints you buy for walls are latex based! It may be worth doing an experiment!

Cheers, Mike...looks like I'm going to have some fun :)

I don't see why not!

You could add too much..but then you could compensate by adding more paint. High flow may be too thick for the nozzle though! XO

Actually, Laura you're right according to the scientists at Golden paints. Once you reach 40% water, you damage the structural integrity of the paint, causing it to under-bind & reducing its adhesion to the canvas & to the other layers of paint/media (& often at a much later time). This means it's not actually permanent, even though it looks like it is & it damages other layers, along with any "archival" grade you might have paid for in all of those products. (It wouldn't bother me if the art was just for me, but if someone paid me to make it, I'd feel a responsibility to give them something that won't fall apart ... & Australian law says I'd better do that too - or else. lol). Sprayguns are an option for High-flow, they're becoming more accessible to crafters now & not just professional artists as they're used more in make-up & allsorts nowadays. Earlier this year I even saw sprayguns in Aldi with their own High-Flow Acrylic paints for crafters.

You could add alcohol as well as the water and then you don't have this issue