I'm so used to using Liquitex paints but because of the reviews I tried this because I liked the colors. I wasn't happy at all. These paints were a huge problem for me. Perhaps it was because I had already started a painting with Liquitex and wanted to finish with the Craft Smart colors. I've mixed brands before without a problem.Both I and my adult daughter (a talented artist) was extremely disappointed. These paints went on transluscent-like for both of us. The Craft Smart just would NOT lay on top of existing (dry) paint - no matter how many layers of paint we used. After trying for hours to work with the Craft Smart product we both felt our paintings were ruined. We were both ready to toss these. After a few days we decided to not let Craft Smart paint get the better of us and ruin our rare mother/daughter time together (she lives 3 hours away). So we ended up going back to Liquitex and started our paintings all over.Fortunately Liquitex easily covered the mess from using Craft Smart, but we had both become so frustrated with that brand and being forced to start over that it wasn't as enjoyable any more. I ended up happy with how mine turned out but my daughter was extremely disappointed because she wasn't able to complete her vision. She would normally have taken great pains to perfect her masterpiece, but this time she just wanted to get it overwith. What a huge disappointment.Sorry Craft Smart, I wanted to give your product zero stars but decided that ... perhaps ... MAYBE ... if we had used ONLY Craft Smart paint it might be okay. Maybe. But I'm definitely not ready to try.
I don’t typically write “pre reviews” for items but I have high hopes for this, I’m giving it 5 stars beforehand because I’ve seen videos of this paint in action. Mixing it with a little bit of water and rubbing it into a guitar body wit a simple shop towel. This paint seemed to work well and the idea of being able to create your own custom colors is very appealing to me. I’ll post an update with pictures when my project is completed.
The paint itself is fine, but the hinged sealer flaps on top of four of the paint bottles were broken off when I received the product, and those bottles could not be re-sealed without using tape. I pretty much expect the others to break off too and soon as I use some of the paint. Poor quality containers.
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