Food Coloring Paint

posted on: Wednesday, August 17, 2011

For those of you that missed it--last week I did a blog swap with Kim from Bugaboo, Mini, Mr. and Me. Our swaps have been kind of fun--each one has involved a "special" ingredient. The first week we had to make a project using either fabric or paper and this last project we needed to use food coloring.
Yes, I said food coloring.

I am going to let you in on a secret--I have been planning on doing a project with food coloring for awhile and this blog swap was the perfect time to get my butt in gear and do a tutorial using it.

So here's the skinny.

I have a Punk is a terror, a fact that we have already solidified. So taking him shopping is out of the question.

Many of my projects require paint and because I am not able to get to the store that often I have to improvise.

I have found that by taking paint and tinting it with food coloring I am able to get the color of my choice without risking a mental breakdown or child beating in public.

Yes, I spank him...and he laughs.

Bad kid.

See for yourself....
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Isn't this lamp a beauty? hmmm?
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The  ingredients of choice for this project include:

Paint (that you don't mind tinting)
food coloring
brushes
mixing bowl


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This lamp, which I love, became the test subject for my little project.

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For those of you that have ever visited my blog you may know that I have a strict policy when it comes to painting--I always use primer. Primer will not only become your best friend, but it will save you time, money, and lots of heart ache.

When it comes to primer I only use one brand, Kilz. It goes on thick, it doesn't bleed, and it makes any paint color stand out!

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While the primer dried I  began to mix up my paint and food coloring.

I wanted a more subdued blue color so I only added six drops of food coloring. 
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Once I added the food coloring I mixed my "color concotion together." Once I mixed it together I added a few additional drops to get the color I was desiring.

This number of "drops" will vary on how much paint your are tinting and the desired color you are wanting--so play around and have fun!
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Once I had my desired color I then painted my lamp.

My camera battery died so I am short a few pictures (hate when that happens), as you can see in the photo  my lamp has a white glazed looked to it.

When the blue finished drying I took white acrylic paint (which you can get at any craft store) and I painted over the blue color. I then took a rag and gently wiped off the white paint which left a white glazed look in the cracks.

I thought it gave the lamp spunk.

Now go whip out the food coloring and get a crack-a-lackin'.

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9 comments:

  1. This looks great! Wonderful idea!

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  2. I LOVE this! You never cease to amaze me with your creativity!

    I would love to have you link this up to my first link party--

    http://southernlovely.blogspot.com/2011/08/show-share-1.html

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  3. I love it. Such a thrifty tip. One can of white paint and food coloring can go a long way! I wonder if Cool-aid would work. Works for playdough. Now to get some white paint.

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  4. Can you do it on paint for house walls?

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  5. Can you do it on paint for house walls?

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  6. nooo don’t do it for walls I made the dumb mistake of trying this in my bathroom and every time I showered the food coloring would bleed through . I would wipe it off and it would happen again . It took me so long to remove the paint. I had to send it and then end up using the paint Center because the food coloring just kept bleeding through. It’s probably a mistake on my behalf for doing it in the bathroom. Just be careful.

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