I need help, please!!!
 

ok, I have been reading about Future floor wax and the aqua painter. So my aqua painters came in yesterday, I went to Walmart and bought the Future wax, and to Michaels to get the Pearl ex.

Now, the next thing I did was fill the aqua painter w/the wax, put alittle pearl ex in a paper plate and dipped the tip of the aqua painter in the pearl ex. I was just practicing.

Tonight, after I had made some Christmas cards, I checked the sample and it still smeared! I thought the future wax was suppose to prevent this! What did I do wrong???

Please help.

Pinky

What type of cardstock?

cardstock
 

I used a scrap piece of su card stock to try it out. Does it matter what kind of paper you use? I have never done this, so I do not know.

Thanks,

Pinky

If it was glossy cs, I'd see the problem of smearing; however, since you are using regular su cardstock I am stumped.

I too, filled one of my aquapainters with Future Floor Wax but have not had this issue. SCS'ers - anyone ever have this issue?

I'd recommend trying it again but using more Future Floor Wax in proportion to the amount of PearlEx. Sorry I'm not more help.

I'm stumped too. I show this technique a lot and have never had my pearl ex smear. I know that I only use the tiniest speck of pearl ex but have shown it on both US white and the confetti cardstock. I just checked some of my samples from 2 months ago and no smearing. Try what Cindy said and see how that turns out. Good luck. :)

squeeze
 

I would just squeeze the barrel a little more so you get more wax. I painted whole paper frames the other day and I can't get ANY pearl ex to smear off (I tried for you lol). It's okay if it gets a little wet, it will dry and set fine. HTH

I think you may have been using too much Pearl Ex. It takes so very little that all I do is tip the closed Pearl Ex jar upside down, turn it right side up and use whatever has stuck to the top of the jar lid. We're talking just a speck of product to do the job! :wink:

Also, I have heard that the Kraft and Confetti cardstock works best with the Aqua Painters, not the US White. I think these 2 absorb better than the white.
Michelle

future and aqua painter
 

Thanks for all you tips. I will play w/this again today and report back to see if it works better. This time I am going to put it on a card.

I was using plain white card stock before and now I will use whatever I make my card with. Wish me luck,

Thanks again,

Pinky

This is true for straight water. When using the PE and Future, US White and US Vanilla are the best. You really have to make sure there is enough wax on the PE, if not, it will smear. You just have to be generous with the Future in order to get the PE to stick.