Not an artist, but this would likely be similar to cast acrylic panel welding, which uses a solvent. You can get crazing from uneven drying, or other stresses in the material from uneven heating and cooling during shaping or bending So yeah, you seem to be spot on... As for the solution.. I don't understand acrylic painting and mixing 😂

Extremely useful. You explained so nicely without rushing. Thank you.

My first observation would be that Floetrol is not really meant to prevent cracking or crazing. It's just a medium to thin the paints for pouring (for our purposes anyway) and I've heard recently that it doesn't have any binder in it (which would make sense). Some people that pour just use Floetrol. Others will add a bit of something like GAC 800 or another medium like one of the Liquitex mediums. I've used various things with success- usually at no more than ~10%-15% of the total mix of Paint:Floetrol:GAC 800 (or other medium, plus occasionally a very small amount of water for consistency). There are multitudes of things that work and really no right or wrong way of going about it. It's all about personal preference and what works for you. Really, there are a number of things that cause cracking or crazing. You're definitely right about the thickness of the paint on the canvas being a culprit. Anything really that can cause those outer layers to dry faster can be a problem- thickness, viscosity, temperature, surrounding air flow, etc... I've even heard that paint being too thin can cause it, but I haven't experienced that personally. I'm not a fan of using water alone though as a medium (or Floetrol alone either for that matter). I've seen others get beautiful results with just water or Floetrol though, so like I said, there's no right or wrong answer. The other big variable of course is the type of pour a person is doing. That's also going to impact what to include in the mix, the best viscosity, etc...

@Dailypodcast23

Жыл бұрын

If weuse morepuring is it btter or not

Thank you so much for the experiment.❤ I tried my first pours and ruined 2 canvases, both cracked. I now know what to do

Best way to keep from your paint from cracking is use Golding get 800 it’s like a poor medium add it in with your flow trawl and I will keep your paint from cracking it also lets and helps with pigment

@DanaTS

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely. GAC 800 is awesome. I use it, but there are a number of other products as well that can work similarly. Floetrol itself is not really meant to prevent cracking/crazing.

Thank you 🙏🏾 this was extremely helpful since I am doing a custom pour for my sister 🤍

Perfect! I just had a painting crack and I didn't know if it was too think or the room was too cold.

Thanks for sharing this is very helpful... Specially for me I'm just new in pouring painting.

@RebelUnicornCrafts

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Nice video tried above mentioned and the same floetrol gave me the worst results thus wasting money buying it. A lesson learned thank you for your information

@RebelUnicornCrafts

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I am glad you enjoyed the video. I know a lot of people swear by floetrol, it's just not my cup of tea, and now not yours either. I did make a new video where I tested 5 different mediums against each other, if you're interested. kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5ps0bqehcLdZpM.html

very helpful thank you very much

The top dries faster than the paint underneath makes it crack... to thick and those are air bubbles....temperature in drying makes huge difference

I think room temperature also is a cause for cracking

Oml thank you I just had a really pretty one crack and i wanted the dead

Your thick floetrol painting has a moon face on it by the cracking, you can see it at the very end!!

I've had cracking it was the project I used water and glue only

Hello .... I finished a pour that I am not happy with, lots of deep cracks in it. My question is to reuse the same canvas do I have to resand it down or how does that work to do another pour over it with a smooth surface

@ishah2124

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna know this but they say never to use a used canvas? Idk. How's ur paintings going?

Yeah I'm having problems with the cracking I swear to this moment it's due to the temperature in my house so I change my temperature setting down to the coldest setting in the house and is sort of stop the cracking could that be a factor due to the temperature in a cold run or add damprid to let it cold dry the paint faster

@pappapaps

2 жыл бұрын

I'm having the opposite reaction. When left in the cold I get more cracks than in a heated room 😂

So overall, the water paint mixture spread thin worked the best?

@RebelUnicornCrafts

3 жыл бұрын

In this test it did! I did recently test out some other mediums and was pretty satisfied with their results. I just posted a few new videos on it!

@RebelUnicornCrafts

3 жыл бұрын

But in general, when done right the paint and water mixture is my favorite and most cost effective way to paint.

How to prevent gesso cracking am i not using enough paint? Too much water? Not enough glue?

cracking happen with my oil painting so what can i do ?.....i dont use any medium ......color mark gamblin artist

Could it have anything to do with the paint quality itself?

@RebelUnicornCrafts

3 жыл бұрын

To a degree, but I have had cracking even with super high quality paints when left too thick.

Ok so use floetroll?

So cracking is bad n shouldn’t be on my paintings? I liked the look to but not if it’s known as a mistake

@RebelUnicornCrafts

3 жыл бұрын

Art is always subjective, so if you like it, it's not a mistake. I think it can add fun texture to a piece, but I have a lot of students who don't like the look. I try to test things to answer questions people have. I hope it didn't make you feel discouraged! I think art is all about finding ways to make it look how you like it, so if you enjoy it, don't change a thing!

@robertawills7219

3 жыл бұрын

There really are no rights and wrongs in pour painting. That is why it is fun. If you like it, that is what counts. I had one that cracked and was thinking of putting dark bronze metallic in the cracks. Am sorry I didn’t try that

@pappapaps

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertawills7219 well I tried something similar, perhaps you'll like to know: no matter how many times I filled the cracks (which is a dread) They just re-cracked in the same lines. Might be because of the silicone, not sure.

Yeah. I’m 3 years too late. Lol.

@RebelUnicornCrafts

2 ай бұрын

Never too late to learn something about art ☺️

Floetrol is a waste of money.