Mica Acrylic Paint

Once the chalk paint was dry.

Mica acrylic paint.

If you want a piece of jewelry that has a metallic facade mica powder is the way to go. The chair was stripped down and sanded to get the smooth surface off so the chalk paint would stick better. These can both be bou. A base and a pigment.

I used 2 coats of annie sloan napoleonic blue which was applied with a chalk paint brush. I added some blue mica powder to the water based varnish that i would be using to seal the chalk paint. Mixing resin with mica powders and acrylic paint adds a lot of shimmer and sparkle to any jewelry project. What makes mica shiny or metallic.

I added a. These high quality pigments tint the acrylic base around the mica powder adding to the dimension and depth effects metallic paint offers. Followed in concentration by universals and the most concentrated is the dispersion line.