Colored Caulk Tutorial with Oil Paint
In this tutorial I will show you how to add color to your caulk with oil paint. Im making this tutorial for people who like to make miniatures or decoden , re-ment and stuff like that. Although I know other people who are doing home repair will appreciate this as well.
All you need is some caulk and some oil paint. So lets get started.
Step 1: Put your caulk in a plastic baggie to mix, Im only making a sample batch so you can put yours directly into a piping bag or squeeze bottle. When mixing the caulk you want to minimize the exposure of the caulk to air so it doesnt cure and allows you enough time to blend it and make your creations. Which is why I use a zip lock mini baggie and squeeze out the air, it gives me more working time.
Step 2: Put in a drop of your oil paint, you should start with a little drop of oil paint depending on the color you’re trying to accomplish. Then add more as needed to achieve your color.
Step 3: Then just squeeze the bag to mix the caulk with the oil paint, until its fully blended. I added too much red paint so it didnt turn into a light pink but a darker one. Its always better to start with a little bit of paint then too much.
Here is the final product, your very own colored caulk to make your fake whipped cream creations.
You can buy kits of oil paint tubes for about $5 bucks for a set at michaels or other craft stores.
OLD TIP BELOW: You can still use it but its much cheaper to buy the $5 buck kit as stated above
you can also buy oil paint kits like Craft House oil paint by numbers kits. They can cost from $15 to $25 and will give you a ton of colors. So much better than spending alot on big tubes of oil paint. Hope this tip helps.
Happy Crafting
Tags: artificial, caulk, clay, color, colored, DecoDen, fake, faux, frosting, How To, icing, japan, Make, miniatures, oil, Paint, Re-Ment, silicone, whipped cream
February 19th, 2011 at 9:48 PM
Haha I was looking for a tut like this for validation of my theory. Sweet!
Also: For even cheaper oil or acrylic paint kits, Michaels (the US craft store) sells 12 color paint sets under their Craft Essentials label, nice sized tubes for deco crafting and they are 4.99 each!
February 20th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
and thanks for reminding me about the paint . I remember seeing those smaller oil paint sets too. I’ll update the post with the info
March 14th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
I use acrylics to color my silicone and by the time i mixi t and start trying to pipe it, its already half way dry. I think its the acrylic that speeds up the process. Do oil paints do that same? It might also be that i mix it in a cup rather a ziplock.
March 14th, 2011 at 7:18 PM
acrylics are not going to mix well with the silicone because acrylics are water based. Silicone mixes very well with oil paint as shown in this tutorial. The silicone forms a skin pretty quickly so I would mix it in a bag instead of a cup depending on the amount. I use small batches which limits exposure to air. The less exposure to air the silicone has the better.
April 12th, 2011 at 6:05 PM
How about colouring silicone with chalk pastels?
I’ve been trying to find out whether or not that works. My pastels are soon to arrive in the mail so I cant test it myself yet XD