Wall Murals

[dubie]

Ok.... I have been asked to paint 2 kids room murals. I have never painted one before but am extremely confident that I can do it. My question is....what kind of paint should I be using? I have heard that createx works well for murals, but would you have to top coat it?
Should I paint the majority of it with a paint brush and latex paint?

Any help from you experienced muralists would be so greatly appreciated

[Cowboy]

Not a Mural Expert, Only done a few, But I,d say Yer right on track with Yer thinkin. Roll the background base colors. Brush what You can & finish the detail with the ab, If needed. I,d definetlly stick with createx Or just regular latex paints Being a kids room. As far as Sealing it, I,ll let someone else comment on that . But I wouldn,t think its absolutly neccesary other than Kids are Kids. Good luck.

[Cowboy]

I Been lookin for a Link From Jason , That Might help Ya . this is the only one I can find so far , But Its Not for a kids room, So I cant reamember what He used. Hope it helps a lil. http://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUSH/forum/showthread.php?t=2705


Heres the Begining Where Jason Explains what He uses I beleive .

http://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUSH/forum/showthread.php?t=2073

[Whit]

We always just use the Createx and AB everything,,,
mabye a hairy brush for some detailing and/or touch-ups,,,
for safekeeping we usually clearcoat with a "Minwax" waterbase
clear,,, satin finish,,, that kid proofs it and protects in general !!!
This is interior work,,, exterior is a whole diff ballgame !!!

[sharonsstudio]

with a kids room I would go with whit.. i usulally just used a hairy brush them ab highlights and shadows.

[air_fx]

Dubie all the murals i've done have been with a combination of materials....Createx, AutoAir, Decca, as well as basic acrylic latex interior house paints.....depending on the mural some were airbrush only while others were based with a hairy or foam brush first and then airbrush the finishing touches, it just depended on what I was doing at the time. I clearcoated all my murals with a waterbased latex clear from Sherwin Williams....applied with a roller and they have held up nicely.

[air_fx]

I thought i'd go ahead and share a few of the most recent murals i'd done in the local mexican restaurant that my wife works for. All are 100% airbrush except the Matador and it was done with a foam brush first then airbrush rest....I hope this helped.

[dubie]

I wanted to thank you all for your great input. I'm going to do up some sketches for the potential client and see where it goes from there

[XZOTIC INK]

thats great dubie,,thats my dream just to get one ...even if its a roll down gate or tiny tiny wall here in nyc,,they have painted advertisements all over but only one or two guys practically get all the accounts here,, they have like 30 yrs on these walls,,,except in the bad parts,,and thats pretty much locked down too,,but id go with some KIDS SAFE STUFF,,ya know,KIDS CAN MESS STUFF UP QUICK AND some paints can BE HARMFUL (i think) to them as well,,JUST DO THE RESEARCH,,ASK QUESTIONS AND POST ,,,STEP BY STEP IF YA HAVE TOO,,

WOOO HOOO EXCITED FOR YA !!! :thumbsup:I DEMAND YOU SHOW US TOO,,,:ninja::music-smiley-012:

[XZOTIC INK]

i hate being rude,,THATS SOME GREAT FLICKS YA SHOWING THERE AIR FX,,WELL PAINTED,,,:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: