Painting rubber?

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Good morning everyone! (well, it's morning here, anyway..)

I checked the tags about this issue/question, but couldn't find anything related to this topic, so I apologize if this has been addressed before.

My boyfriend designs gas masks as his creative hobby. He buys the plain masks from a military shop nearby and customizes them (they normally have a theme). They are actually pretty neat, but of course I don't have any pictures of his work. He was recently approached to do a commissioned piece (based around Plague Doctor!), and I have a question.

He is looking to paint the rubber of the mask (just a standard rubber I guess? I have no information on what type of rubber it is) and we are looking to resolve what type of medium to use to achieve this.

We both know that standard paints won't adhere to the surface of the mask, and that it is actually very hard to get ANYTHING to stick to a rubber surface at all.

I've done some googling, and pulled up Krylon H2o Spray Paint, which is an acrylic latex paint that will stick to almost ANYTHING, and is chip and flake resistant. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this spray paint? I've never heard of it before, and would really like some reviews before we go out and fork out the money for something before we even know how reliable it is.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions on painting rubber, I would appreciate it.

And, so this isn't text only, here's a shitty painting I did two weeks ago on canvas:



Watercolor and acrylic on canvas (which I forgot the dimensions of).
Crappy picture, and it could have been planned out a little better. But whatever.

Thanks to anyone who responds !

Banner #3

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

I worked hard Saturday evening and managed to finish banner #3 so it could be hung on Sunday.  Thank goodness for Aleene's craft glue!  It works really well with felt and dries fast!  I must admit, I'm very pleased with this banner.  I wanted to show the reconciliation of God and man through the cross and I think it does that. 

The hands were a challenge, not to cut out but to add the details.  First there was the challenge of what to use for the lines.  I didn't want to use any type of marker because it would bleed in the felt.  I finally decided to cut very thin strips of the dark purple felt. That presented another challenge - the strips kept tearing apart because they were so narrow.  I had to go very carefully.  The final challenge was attaching them.  I didn't have any way to mark where they should go, and I know better than to trust my eye for that.  I looked through my sewing box but didn't have any tracing paper.  Finally, I put the pattern on the felt and stuck pins through from the back to mark all the starting and ending points.  I placed the strips on and then carefully glued a little at a time so I could keep the strip in place.  It took a while but was worth the effort. 
( Picture behind the cut )

Resolutions/Motivation Project

[wine-carnation.livejournal.com]

 Hi all! Long time no post. I've been working on a project that's finally done.



More pics and explanations at my LJ!

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[stolenmilkcrate.livejournal.com]

In February I was planning on visiting a reptile show with a few friends who had a table. I was asked to make some items to bring a little variety to the table so I got to work and ended up with a pretty nice display (for me, anyway).


( Big pics behind the cut )

Various Bits and Bobs:

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Hello lovelies. I haven't posted here in forever, and can't remember what I posted so hopefully there aren't any repeats.

( Crafts under here. )

-Topknot