I'm doing life casts of peoples heads using smooth-on products simply because that is what I was recommended in the store.
I'm using smooth cast 326 to roto cast (by hand) the heads and have gotten that process down really well. The detail is amazing, so much so that I go in afterwards and sand a bunch of it down. After the sanding process I've been wanting to make the heads glossy, kind of like the inside of the cast. That wet, candy like smooth texture is what I'm going for.
My first thought was to spray paint the head but I instantly noticed that the acrylic spray paint didnt adhere very well to the resin. Even primer didn't quite stick!
So I thought maybe I just give it another layer of resin! I used smooth cast 327 because of its lower viscosity and longer work time but again the resin kind of just stuck in some places and dripped off other places.
Last but not least I tried high flow acrylic paint from Golden which is applied by pouring on and it stuck really well! But its not high gloss
So I tried resin on it, which didnt stick. Again.It almost seems like the surface tension of resin is too high to adhere to the hardened resin?
Are there any known techniques? Anything you ladies or gentlemen can suggest?
Any help is appreciated!
Best,
n.i.s
