emulsion paint

[stu08]

is it ok to wam with the realy cheap brand ie getting out of hair and stuff

[BillShipton]

Check it is a water based one first. Anything else is a nightmare.

Secondly do not pour a whole can over someone's head! Nice though it looks it will take forever to wash out simply because it is so dense (a tin covers a room remember!). Adding water just makes more paint! Brushing it over them is relatively harmless so long as it is chemical-free. Also bear in mind it has to be cleaned off surfaces quickly.

You can use so many things that look like paint or use lots of poster paint instead that you might not find it worth the effort.

[stonecastle]

Emulsion paint also contain natrosol as a thickener which is used in paints as well as foods. Paint is also very hard to remove once it has dried from either clothing or hair so I wouldn't use paint at all. Something like angel delight is much easier to wash out of hair and clothes.

[DungeonMasterOne]

Sometimes though the whole idea is to use something that won't wash out - to genuinely wreck an outfit beyond all repair. I suppose it's a variation on the "clothes ripping" theme.

We still have the beautiful black dress that Lady Jasmine drenced in vegetable oil last year, it proved impossible to get all the oil out of it even after multiple washes, but she's up for putting the slightly oily dress back on and drenching it in emulsion paint. We will be keeping the paint off her hair though - no full head coverage for that shoot.

[mudreamer]

Can't beat the smell of emulsion though, solid emulsion is fun as well, you can even sculpt it on your face! (see my pics page 8 under 'what's the messiest you've ever been') Nightmare to get out of hair but otherwise fine. Satin finish has two advantages (?) over matt, it comes off in sheets like latex and sticks to itself when dry so almost acts like a bondage suit. Nasty if you get it in your eyes though so take care. Much as I love treacle and chocolate sauce etc. it does feel like the wimp's version of sploshing.

[andy250]

Once used emulsion nearly killed the bath!!!! plus the clothes that got worn, got binned it just finished them off.


regards

Andy

[albawam]

try mixing up 3/4 of a bucket with wallpaper paste and water until it,s smooth and runny and then the other 1/4 mix in emultion of your choice, it looks like paint and is pretty easy to wash out watch out for fungisides in the paste though.

[stonecastle]

One of the best gunges you can make is to mix angel delight with clotted cream. It washes out really well aswell.

[Hayley]

Just to prove you can mess around with emulsion paint - in this case the so-called solid variety (more like soup, he says) here's Mudreamer at work and play.

Hayley

[DungeonMasterOne]

Now that is extreme WAM. Interesting stuff!

[andy250]

Wow!! I've used it once and was not, hard core enough to have it tipped over my head, nice one.

regards

Andy

[mudreamer]

Its not as 'bad' as it looks and the density is one of the appealing things. Mind you for 'extreme' wam type in strangehobbies (all one word) in google and you'll get a french guy's site which leaves us all standing. It may be male but theres no sex content just sploshing.

Digging out these photos leaves me pondering a trip to the DIY store this afternoon

[MessyFarmer]

[stonecastle]

What about using powder paint that children use. That has is just powdered pigment and water, it contains no binder so is dead easy to wash out.

[mudreamer]

Emulsion washes out fine unless you let it dry, then its trouble. The few times I've risked my hair I've always saturated it in clay or oil or something first so the paint only hits the surface. Never tried kiddy powder paint as opposed to the bottle stuff. Open to ideas though. Do we see a theme here - not frightened of flour paste then not frightened of paint? (I like flour and water too) Messyfarmer you are a kindred spirit.