Cheapest sources for water-based inks, for use with acrylic paints.?

Question

Hello,

I'm an hobbyist enthusiast, and like to paint model miniatures. Where can I find inks compatible with cheap acrylic paints and future floor wax (used as my medium). Keep in mind, I want my inks to be cheap because I'm using these inks not for my own personal use, but for painting others' miniatures.

Thank you,

Av

Answer 1

Not sure I understand what you want... do you want to use the inks in the clear acrylic (Future, etc.) instead of using acrylic paints, or do you want to add inks to the acrylic paints+Future? or what?

I don't know about cheap, but there are various water-based inks that are sold at craft stores and art supply stores, and other places.
There's colored writing ink if you can still find it (office supply store?).
There are reinker bottles of water-based inks intended for reinking stamp pads.
There are thinned acrylic "inks" some of which are pearlescent (like Dahler-Rowney, Pearl Ex Reinkers, etc.), There are chalk inks (like Colorbox's Fluid Chalk inkpads, etc.)
Various dyes are also water-based or come as powders to be mixed into water (Rit, Procion?, food colors and perhaps food color pastes, etc.)

You could also mix many types of pigments/powders/etc. into the Future, and use them as "paints."

Does any of that help?

P.S. There are also some pages at my site on various types of paints and inks (and acrylics like Future) if you want to check them out as well:

http://glassattic.com/polymer/paints.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/letters_inks.htm

http://glassattic.com/polymer/finishes.htm



Diane B.

Answer 2

First, water based paints are more or less the norm these days, especially for walls. Oil based paints have their place, but not in your situation. Exterior paints, as Hank Hill pointed out, do contain mildewcides and fungicides, although any sensitivity to these would be more apparent while drying and since you are not going to be around for a couple of days the danger would be minimized and high humidity should not come into play in a climate controlled environment. I knew many painters that used exterior trim paint for the interior trim due to coverage and the workability of the paint. Unless the pets chews on the painted surface you should be fine.