Painting on silicone tutorial

[samara78]

This pic shows what you will need.
Prep: acetone, cotton pads. You will need to use these to thoroughly clean the area you are painting.

Materials: rtv 4500 sil bond.
Powder makeup color of your choice.
Odorless mineral spirits.
These are mixed together one ingrediant at a time.

All the stuff

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Powder in the cup first. I used brown and pink

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I then added silicone rtv

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I added an equal amount of odorless mineral spirits and mixed them with the wedge end of a chopstick.

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Once mixed:
You than apply with a fine tip brush to the nipples until they are covered. Afterwards I let them set for ten minutes than forced cured the nipples with a blow dryer

[samara78]

I hope this helps here is the finished product

[rubherkitty]

Thanks
Those came out nice.

Is this a time proven formula you found on the net somewhere?
I have a Realdoll silicone face that needs painted: Lips, eye liner, eye shadow and eyebrows.
I assume I can leave the RTV a little thicker to build up some eyebrows?

[selobl]

Could that mixture be thinned enough with odorless mineral spirits to go through an airbrush?

[MannequinFan]

Very nice tutorial Samara!

Another thing that might work nice for painting is Permatex flowable silicone windshield sealant. I was messing around with it making some nipples a while back.
It already has a semi fluid consistency - I didn't even need to add any thinner. Flows out nicely on a surface and kind of self levels.
I used a tiny bit of acrylic paint to tint and it mixed nicely without thinner.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/perm ... /7160107-P

[samara78]

The flowable doesn't dry right I failed with that one . I made a thin batch and repainted doll lips , they are shiny smooth.

The thinner you do it the longer is the cure time. I have never used an airbrush as I am an artist with a brush. The lips and eyeliner (thin mix more mineral spirits)

That's the eyeliner and lips of my halfling elf head for 80 cm doll

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The thicker it is the faster it dries. I had a 15 to 20 minute work time on the nipples because I mixed thick less mineral spirits. )
Her nipples are hand sculpted from rtv 4500 silicone.
The paint is as soft as the rest of the doll.

My elf silicone brow and silicone eyeliner, lipstick, brows.

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Eyebrows and eyeliner I paint on with a toothpick it's the only way to go for a more realistic look.

If you try air brushing keep acetone on hand. To clean out your airbrush, if it's me I'm only mixing and using the smallest amounts possible.

Thanks for the great questions. If you a ll need anything else or I missed something let me know and I will try and be helpful.

[samara78]

Thanks
Those came out nice.

Is this a time proven formula you found on the net somewhere?
I have a Realdoll silicone face that needs painted: Lips, eye liner, eye shadow and eyebrows.
I assume I can leave the RTV a little thicker to build up some eyebrows?

I don't know how to do eyeshadow permanent yet. But all the other stuff I can do no problem.
Took me a year to figure out the right way. Let's just say mistakes were made in the past lol

[DollAfficionado]

Very nice tutorial. I will probably use this information one day.

[samara78]

Yes thanks. Took me a whole year to figure this out so worth it though.

[selobl]

Very nice tutorial. I will probably use this information one day.

me too, and thank you too!

[rubherkitty]

Could that mixture be thinned enough with odorless mineral spirits to go through an airbrush?

If I was going to airbrush I would probably order the correct silicone, thinner and pigment from Smooth-on or other supply houses. You could always try Samara's recipe, but I know the supply houses have the correct stuff for airbrushing. The nice thing about paint brush application is you can build up and add texture.

[samara78]

I gree

[Xephyr]

Wow. You're quite skilled at this stuff. Do it for a living or has it been a side hobby?

[samara78]

I would love to do it for a living I still have some stuff to learn though.

[sture]

Thank you for this Tut