What is the ultimate cell activator?
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 Published On Nov 4, 2021

Focusing on ingredients for cell type paintings...including photos, videos and conversation....plus a surprise at the very end of the video.


Synopsis
Forced Rayleigh Taylor Method, YouTube: “What is the Ultimate Cell Activator”
There is no “chemical” magic here.  It’s all about density/gravity of paint and controlled force to push heavy density paint down and out onto lighter density paint.
 
Stage 1:  Main Mix:  Color Pouring Medium;
Mix: 3 parts Behr Marquee Interior Semi-Gloss Enamel, Deep Base, Untinted, 3453 (green can, HomeDepot)
1 part Minwax high gloss polycrylic
Add: to the above add 10% Golden tar gel
EXAMPLE: 15 oz (3 parts) Behr
 5 oz (1 part) Minwax Polycrylic
20 oz (4 parts) total
20 oz times 10% = 2 oz tar gel (which is almost ½ part [2.5 oz], but is actually 3/8 part)
***The consistency of this formula is ideal for my use of controlled air. If it is too thick for you I suggest adding small amounts of water to the polycrylic alone until it suits your particular style...this will probably take several trials...so test with small proportions.
 
Apply a fair sized puddle as the first layer or base paint, it is the identical formula as all the rest of the colors....spin to thin it down a bit and add more base paint around edges of paint that is already down, spin a bit, and smudge base paint out to edges of canvas.  
 
Color Paint Mix; same consistency as Main Mix
Mix: 10% heavy pigment paint (Golden is best)
90% Main Mix (Base Paint & Color Pouring Medium)
 
Apply Color Paint Mix (second layer) in several ways, using squirt bottle, either very thin squiggly lines or in puddles made of thin squiggly lines that then look like they were poured, doing 1st color, then 2nd color, etc.
 

Stage 2: Top Layer Mix ; this will be THIN

Floetrol/Water Thinner: 5 parts regular Floetrol plus 8 parts water.
This will be used to thin the Tar Gel or the Liquitex Pouring Medium.

Tar Gel Top Layer Mix:
10 parts Floetrol/Water plus 4 parts Golden Tar Gel. This makes the thinner for the paint.
Then mix:   8 parts Thinner Mix with 3 parts soft body paint.

Liquitex Pouring Medium Mix:
4 parts Floetrol/Water plus 10 parts Liquitex Pouring Medium. This makes the thinner for the paint.
Then mix:   10 parts Thinner Mix with 7 parts soft body paint.

Examples of paint;
Amsterdam 735 Oxide Black (heavy density)
Amsterdam 104 Zinc White (heavy density)
Amsterdam 105 Titanium White (medium density)
Lukas Cryl 4784 Payne’s Grey (heavy density)
Lukas Cryl 4799 Iron Oxide Black (heavy density)
 
Apply Top Layer Mix using squirt bottle concentrating in center or apply as puddle made of thin squiggly lines that then look like they were poured.
 
Stage 3: Use controlled force on the paint (compressor, blow dryer) to force Top Layer Mix over color paint.  This is the most critical part.
 
Stage 4:
Spin or tilt.

The gun for the compressor... https://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...

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