Paint stars with fluorescent paint
Sleeping under a starry sky - a romantic idea and an adventure for children. It is not even necessary to move your bed into the garden, because you can paint such a sky on the ceiling. If you use special paint, it will only sparkle at night.
What you need:
- "invisible" luminous paint or
- phosphorescent afterglow paint
- Brush or
- Dish sponge and plate
- Stencil film or
- Cardboard box for stencils (optional)
- Box cutter (optional)
- ladder
In order to paint a starry sky on a ceiling, you should be as free from vertigo as possible. In addition, you naturally have to work overhead - this is not for everyone.
Painting stars - with or without a template?
- If you want to know if you are able to paint pretty stars freehand with a brush, you can first test it on a piece of paper with watercolor.
- If the result is not to your satisfaction, you should get used to the idea of having to work with star stencils for coloring.
- You can buy such stencils or make them yourself. To do this, paint stars of different sizes with sufficient spacing on stencil film, cut them Pieces of foil to individual stencils and scratch the differently sized templates with the help of a carpet knife the end. Make sure that the individual rays do not become too narrow so that the Dab with paint and a sponge doesn't get too cumbersome.
Different special colors - different effects
- When buying the bright color, you have to distinguish between colors with which the star motifs only shine at night and those with which the stars are also visible during the day. It is better not to try to buy suitable paints in the hardware store, but to search the Internet. You can find a richer one there selection.
- Phosphorescent afterglow paint contains not only luminous, but also colored pigments. These color pigments are also visible at brightness. The fewer color pigments this phosphorescent afterglow paint contains, the better the luminosity in the dark.
- So-called "invisible" luminous paint has a whitish appearance that only lights up in the selected color when it is dark. During the day, the starry sky is practically invisible.
In this way, noctilucent paint becomes a decorative medium
Noctilucent paint is a good means of creating some special decorative effects ...
How to paint the stars
- You will achieve the best effect with both types of color if the Underground is painted white and you apply the special paint in at least two layers.
- The more layers you apply on top of each other, the more the stars shine. However, if you look into the real starry sky, you will find that not all of them shine equally brightly. The brighter they sparkle, the bigger they appear. It is important to have as natural an appearance as possible. You can mimic this effect by repainting larger stars several times and smaller ones just a second time.
- Regardless of whether you are working with or without a template, you should distribute the asterisks as unevenly as possible over the ceiling. This is how it looks most natural. If you want, you can even place a few stars at the top of the room walls.
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