Instructions
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Pearl Ex is extremely easy to use. Its incredible flexibility lends itself to a
vast array of techniques. Your biggest problem may be deciding
which technique to use. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Mix Pearl Ex with a clear embossing powder for rubber stamp embossing.
Pearl Ex in itself is not an embossing powder.
- Interference colors work best over dark surfaces.
- Mix 4 parts Pearl Ex to 1 part Gum Arabic and add
water to desired consistency for a watercolor paint. If mixing in a plastic well palette, this
mixture can dry out and become reconstituted with water.
- Dust Pearl Ex Powders onto shrink plastic before shrinking. The powder
will become embedded in the surface when the plastic shrinks.
- Dust a polymer clay rubber mold with Pearl Ex before pressing in the clay.
This is a great way to color the clay. It also makes the clay easier to release
from the mold.
- Mix Pearl Ex with the Jacquard Textile Colors Colorless
Extender for use on fabrics. Heat set as directed on bottle.
- Mix Pearl Ex with any clear medium to use over any surface. For example, you
can mix Pearl Ex with a varnish, acrylic or solvent-based, as a coating over clay,
wood, or paper.
- Dust Pearl Ex onto any surface and then seal with a spray lacquer. Spray the
lacquer out over the surface and let the mist fall onto the surface rather than
spraying the lacquer at the surface. This will give you a more even coat of lacquer
without spray marks as well as preventing the spray from blowing off the Pearl Ex.
- Knead dry Pearl Ex powder into polymer clay to color it.
- Pearl Ex can be mixed into wax for candlemaking.
- Pearl Ex can be mixed into a medium and airbrushed. Some testing will be necessary
to ensure that the particle size will fit through the airbrush opening
