{"id":594,"date":"2010-04-05T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2014-12-03T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T19:21:06","slug":"on-finishing-a-fiberglass-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/on-finishing-a-fiberglass-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"On &#8220;finishing&#8221; a fiberglass animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/marketweight_press\/zoobilee\/tiger_varnish_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Zoobilee Tiger, close-up\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/marketweight_press\/zoobilee\/tiger_varnish_crop.jpg\" alt=\"close up of varnished\/shiny, painted, fiberglass tiger\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;ve been getting some questions about how to finish fiberglass animal&#8211;varnishing, etc. So, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve found out. -Sue<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong><br \/>\nHow do I &#8220;finish&#8221; my fiberglass animal?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">ANSWER:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nI finished my tiger from instructions I received from the CowParade  event, plus further information from Golden Acrylics. They have a GREAT  website, and their phone support is amazing. They&#8217;re used to questions  from artists about painting\/finishing fiberglass animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/\">Golden Artist Color, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IDEALLY, yes, you should take it to a body shop to get a coating put on  it, after you do the barrier coats (I believe it&#8217;s called Clear Coat?  Check Golden&#8217;s website, I think it&#8217;s all in there). Golden recommends  this too&#8211;to go to the body shop&#8211;they will coat it with this stuff and  then harden it, etc. just like a car finish. Very durable. The artist  who did the UW Band cows for CowParade did this (she had friends at a  body shop I think), and her cows were very tough, professionally coated.  This is the IDEAL way to finish your fiberglass sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>CowParade&#8217;s  instructions involved using Golden acrylics for painting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>very  hi-quality acrylic which doesn&#8217;t fade, etc, then barrier coat, plus  several coats of a special order Golden varnish&#8211;it&#8217;s special  order&#8211;they don&#8217;t carry it in catalogue, and it&#8217;s difficult to find at  website too, but it&#8217;s there&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have the money\/means to do the auto body finish (for CowParade,  nor my own 2 sculptures out here on farm&#8211;which just spent their first  winter outside and did fine&#8211;nor for Zoo tiger). &#8230;I followed all of Golden&#8217;s instructions with the  barrier coats and then multiple layers of their outdoor, UV-reflective  gloss varnish (with MUCH drying time in-between and afterwards&#8211;very  important before handling\/shipping). Like I said, my lifesize cow and  pig just finished the winter outside on the farm (extreme winds and  weather), and seem fine:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/marketweight_press\/farm\/cow_hoarfrost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cowtography cow in January, with hoarfrost\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/marketweight_press\/farm\/cow_hoarfrost.jpg\" alt=\"fiberglass cow covered in hoarfrost\" width=\"490\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#39;Cowtography&#39; covered in hoarfrost (January, Wisconsin)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I will probably bring them in, clean them and  re-varnish for the  spring-fall outside, then hopefully have room to  bring them inside next  winter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/products\/custom\/customvarnish\/custom.php\">Hard MSA Varnish info<\/a><br \/>\n(pdfs with much information at that page too)<\/p>\n<p>Start at Golden&#8217;s website, then go from there. Like I said, their phone  service is great, and they have specialists in all different areas,  including paint\/finishing for outdoor sculptures. They&#8217;re experts  there&#8211;it&#8217;s what they do&#8211;and their advice is better than anybody&#8217;s I&#8217;ve  found so far.<br \/>\n-Sue<\/p>\n<p>ps&#8211;I&#8217;m sure you know this, but never use &#8220;permanent&#8221; Sharpie pens for  any touchups or details, etc. It&#8217;s absolutely not permanent&#8211;fades  quickly in sun. I used it for some tiny details on my own farm cow here,  and had to re-paint with Golden acrylics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong><br \/>\nThank you so much for your reply!\u00a0 I am still a bit confused.\u00a0 I have  never painted an outdoor structure before and I want to make sure that I  have the right things!\u00a0 So I purchased the Lascaux UV product that they  recommended.\u00a0 That goes on first? And then I am supposed to use the  Golden UV product?\u00a0 What is a barrier coat?\u00a0 I am sorry if this all  sounds silly but I am super confused!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">ANSWERS:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nI used only Golden products with all of my sculptures, but here&#8217;s the order:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>-Paint your sculpture (I used only Golden acrylics)<\/li>\n<li>-Coat entire sculpture with an isolation coat (sorry, I used the word &#8220;barrier&#8221;&#8211;should be &#8220;isolation&#8221;). On the actual jar of Golden&#8217;s Soft Gel Gloss, it says how to make this isolation coat&#8211;I think it&#8217;s &#8220;2:1&#8221; gel to water, but please see jar&#8211;this could be wrong. Golden&#8217;s info page on this: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/technicaldata\/varnapp1.php\">http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/technicaldata\/varnapp1.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li>-let dry per instructions. Also at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/technicaldata\/varnapp1.php\">http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/technicaldata\/varnapp1.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li>-Coat with thinned UV protective varnish (I used Golden&#8217;s special order MSA Hard UV varnish, gloss). I followed instructions for thinning from Golden&#8217;s website&#8211;all instructions are there. Used specific thinner they recommended. More at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/healthsafety\/msds\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/healthsafety\/msds\/index.php<\/a> (download pdfs from here)<\/li>\n<li>-Let dry recommended time, recoat, let dry recommended time, recoat. See above<\/li>\n<li>-The final drying time is crucial too&#8211;if you move it too soon, the surface will show the marks&#8211;has to dry a very long time&#8211;see instructions. More drying time instructions for isol. coat and varnishes also at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/technicaldata\/varnapp1.php\">http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/technicaldata\/varnapp1.php<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/healthsafety\/msds\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.goldenpaints.com\/healthsafety\/msds\/index.php<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s more at Golden website, but I&#8217;ve no time to search&#8211;they have a great site. Search button at their site too.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry I can&#8217;t help more&#8211;many deadlines&#8230; There&#8217;s lots online&#8211;Golden tells you what isolation coats, etc. are at their site at first link above. 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