How To Thicken Acrylic Paint | Thickening Gel, Talcum Powder, Flour, Sand & Cornstarch?

In today's video I test out different methods on how to thicken acrylic paint including: thickening gel, talcum powder, flour, sand and cornstarch. - I wanted to see how a proper acrylic paint thickening gel compared to homemade remedies and DIY's. Although talcum powder won the test to thicken acrylic paint, flour, sand and the thickening gel medium all did very well and are worth experimenting with!! Will you be trying any of these paint thickening hacks? Let me know in the comments! And what kind of painting hacks have you come across? Whether that be thickening acrylic paint or anything else, I'm always interested in attempting various painting hacks and materials so you don't have to. Or do you have any other materials that you use to thicken acrylic paint?

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[josephpedulla]

The black paint makes it difficult to see how the texture changes with each additive. It would have been much better if he had used a light blue.

[tamiyaharrison]

Since yall cant see it in the video well, I tried the baby powder method with acrylic paint, baby powder, and water and it worked amazingly. Your painting will smell like baby powder tho lol

[tnt]

It’s been 4 years, do you still keep the samples to see which withhold the test of time?

[josephpedulla]

Two other thickeners that work very well are 1. Calcium Carbonate in powder form and 2. Diatomaceous Earth, which can be purchased at any Home Depot or Lowe's or any pool maintenance store. Diatomaceous Earth is used quite often in pool filters. It is derived from the fossilized skeletons of diatoms, which are microscopic algae. You will be surprised how light it is, yet it thickens paint and makes it matte as well. The calcium carbonate is also great if you want matte paint. Both of these are inert and will not change the chemical stability of the paint. More, both of them do not measurably change the color of the paint, even though both are white.

[emmahanley]

All of the store here were sold out of good paint so I had to buy cheaper stuff. This helped me out a bit thanks :)

[shepopop]

I wanted to recreate the deep Majorel blue with a vivid blue pigment mineral powder from Moroco using only ancestral techniques.
Adding warm water + flour + Moroccan natural potassium .
It turned into a sort of thick gel with a pungent sulphuric scent that dissipated after a couple of days .
Painted the wooden wildlife bird house 6 years ago . Battered with rain, the paint has not chipped .
Interesting tip that I thought to share with you .

[beauti]

Just Brilliant just what I was looking for to thicken my Acrylic Paint up Thank you for sharing.

[LavenderRain]

Thank you for posting this video! It's just what I needed to know which materials/mediums would work best with thickening acrylic paint. I've got a huge commission of 3 paintings for one person coming up and I'm writing a list of supplies to get for it. So this helps a lot thank you!!

[claasw]

That's really interesting. Thanks!

[TRADERSFRIEND]

Thank you for saving us a lot of trial and error!!!😁😁😁

[DI_Arpita_CY]

You’re so smart!! I wouldn’t have thought of so many options!! Definitely smart!!
New sub here.

[stephenmcdonald]

..thank you for the information, it's been very helpful, I was considering adding a bit of PVA glue and some dust from when I've crushed rock pieces for my miniature bases ground work, ...

[kimiskanvas]

I have a question as I tried some of these methods on my own, twelve years ago and that is have you tested your splotches on a piece of paper so as to see if you bent or folded the paper, would they Break, crack or even possibly crackle off after movements such as traveling to a show or to the customer.?? I have experienced some of that with the flour and glue and I also experimented with spackling paste and acrylic, then also a test with drywall compound and acrylics, both of which I added acrylic paint to, painted it on a stretched canvas which allowed some movement of course and they cracked and fell in pieces of colored paint onto the floor after six months of drying and being displayed. I was so embarrassed and humiliated. Of course I apologized profusely and offered to replace the painting but all they wanted was their money back, which I did not blame them so I certainly obliged. I just wanted to mention that cracking, long term stability and archival integrity are also something to consider in these thrifty substitutes. And if you are playing with a piece for yourself to learn and see how you can make new textures while on a small budget like I was, I totally applaud you. But when it comes to sales or even gifts you may not want to use these methods as it only takes one embarrassing mistake to ruin your reputation. Just food for thought.

[KMBarber]

Just found your channel and I'm quite glad that I did. I will be subscribing because I see that you do a lot experimenting on your channel and that's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I'm constantly changing up my art projects with different mediums and ideas, but I don't have the budget to afford all of the "professional" or otherwise conventional supplies to achieve my desired effect. I currently am in the process of making a flat 3D dove for a painting and glad I watched this.

[KadettKrock]

Very nice Video! Thank you very much for All your work and help with this matter. 😀

[oddryblack]

Thank you so much for this video Anthony

[cuernavacadave]

I’m going to give this a shot. I’m using more expensive paints trying to learn different techniques and it’s getting too expensive to use them and end up with muddy paintings. Until I get the results I’d like, it’s much cheaper to use dollar store paints and thicken it and once I’m happy with the outcome, I’ll use more expensive paints. Thanks for the tips.

[kbeetles]

With a different colour(other than black - after all black is just black!) the texture would be more visible.

[dezi]

Great helpful information. Thanks for sharing!

[kaytkar]

Thank you for the video. What's the ratio of talcum to paint, sand to paint, sand+glue to paint you advise?