Cova Color Vs Acrylic Paint

[Toolingaround]

Hey Spinner

Can't wait to see it laced :-)

I am glad to know it can be sprayed without problem! I find it is great stuff for sealing in my antiquing, stopping dye transfer and waterproofing. I bet I will love "neat lac" type products when I get a chance to try some. I have had it lift the paint when I sprayed in on sheep skin and rubbed it in. Once it is dry it seems fine though. I know alchohol will sure take off ceramcoat as I had to strip some leather armor painted with it and repaint it a different color. Doesn't take it down to nude leather completely but may save an "oopsy". I agree with you on the good acrylics and mediums. My good stuff got lost in a move so for now the Walmart stuff works. Right now I am saving up for some leather, Angelus dyes and of course more tools ;-)

Cheers eh

Thanks Toolingaround, appreciate the compliment. Yours are nice as well, the ceramastuff looks like it could have some fun applications.

Not sure if this is an update to their formula or what but I have good news. Saddle Lac in the aerosol can doesn't affect acrylics that way anymore. I bought a new can from Springfield recently to test something else and while I had it I shot it over a test piece painted with acrylics. Everything went well. So after I finished the eagle painting last night I decided to bite the bullet and put my money where my mouth is...worked beautifully, no muss, no fuss. I'll post pictures last tonight after I get it all laced up.

Cheers,

Chris

[Curley Fryes]

Use some good quallity acryllic paint, it works like a charm and no need for Cova colors :-)

I'm a little confused. According to Tandy, Cova color IS acrylic paint. Can someone clarify?

[Tree Reaper]

Cova Colors is the registered trademark name of an acrylic paint.

[Spinner]

I'm a little confused. According to Tandy, Cova color IS acrylic paint. Can someone clarify?

Yes it is...but when compared to many of the available brands out there, Cova Colors lack a serious color range, are too thick out of the bottle, have a lower UV resistance and cost more per ounce.

Even the high quality Citadel & Golden Fluid Acylics I use are the same or less expensive per ounce and perform much better. GFA has a true artists color range so mixing colors or just finding the right one out the bottle is much less of a headache and Citadel has some of the coolest mixed colors out there and a color palette of around 150 colors.

Cheers,

Chris

[Tina]

Yes, Cova colors is acrylllic paint for almost $5 a 1.5oz bottle (I hope I'm not wrong here).

There's a huge market with paint that can be used, example Plaid has a line of 'Folkart' acryllic paint that is way better then you might think for around $1,99 2oz bottles or @2.99 for the metallic line. I have used these a lot, I personally only use white/black and red at occasions and the metallic line, they all seams to hold upp just fine for the job even on a fairly long time basis, I have not done leatherwork long enough to have decades of experiences yet :-)

Then there's Angelus leather paint too...Very nice and pigment strong acryllic paint made for leather, 1oz $2 and 4oz $5 at turtlefeathers.net for example.

Edited September 25, 2012 by Tina

[glockanator]

Anyone try to use paint markers? I bought a pink one and trying it on a test piece. Will post my results when I'm done.