Getting White Paint Truly Opaque

[badLoveLeather]

I've been noodling around with some belts. I did one and then dyes it with Fiebings Red Oil dye and then painted the letters with Angelus White Paint. After Several coasts the red is still bleeding through. Any suggestions?

[quadrary]

I've been noodling around with some belts. I did one and then dyes it with Fiebings Red Oil dye and then painted the letters with Angelus White Paint. After Several coasts the red is still bleeding through. Any suggestions?

Maybe try sealing with acrylic or other sealer after dye and before paint. I'm no expert but just a suggestion

[cybertracy]

mix the first coat of white paint 1/2 & 1/2 with another color (like blue or yellow, depending on the background)this will "mask out" the base color, and set your second coat of white paint to cover completely. This also works in the reverse, when trying to paint dark colors on a white background.

[KatieG]

For me, if I'm painting white over, it works better if I wait at least overnight, buff the dye, then seal it. Then I do the white paint, then reseal.

[DaveT]

Add me to the buff it off first, then seal it crowd. Had a heck of a time with tan kote turning white paint yellow. Finally sealed with fiebing's resolene and that fixed it. Now, if I plan to paint something I dye around it, then paint the letters, etc. Or I'll paint first, then dye the background. Lots of brush work, but worth it.

Dave T.