Wheatpasting
Mapping it Out
You don’t have to make an incredibly detailed plan before you put your art on the street, but there are a few things you might want to consider:
— What are the quickest getaway routes?
— Where are there large concentrations of people during the day (to see your artwork) and at night (in the form of cars, cops, drunks, homeless folks)? Will they get you in trouble or provide cover?
— Who are the people in the area and how do they defend their property against creative expression?
— What streets lead where and how do they connect to each other?
— Are there people who might give you refuge in their homes if you have to flee from the law?
— How are different sections of the city used — are there lots of shoppers, businessmen, students, etc.?
— What sections of town are important to the ruling elites and why? For example, is there a neighborhood slated for destruction to build a freeway or an area being gentrified for yuppie bars and restaurants?
Strategy
When it comes to strategy, there is an etiquette that some folks choose to follow. Remember putting art up on the street makes a statement, and chances are people will be more receptive to it depending on where you place it.
— Play with existing messages or surroundings.
— Make people laugh and the space interactive.
— Create dialogue on the walls with manipulative advertising.
— Scout out spots that are highly visible and well traveled.
— Whether you’re indoors, outdoors, or underground, remember its probably not a great idea to leave a trail of evidence behind you, so wander around a bit and stagger your artwork. Don’t feel confined to one area.
Placement and Surroundings
— BE SAFE AND HAVE FUN! I know quite a few folks who get a rush from climbing bridges, billboards, and highway overpasses, but don’t feel like you have to risk your life to get stuff up. Since putting art on the street is illegal to begin with, you are already taking a big risk.
– -Small mom and pop shops, homes, and playgrounds may not be the best places to hit.
— Construction sites, bridges, office or corporate buildings, subways, billboards, and other high traffic areas where there is already graffiti is fair game.
— Paste the posters and stickers to smooth surfaces like metal, glass, plastic, sanded wood, marble, or concrete.
— The more texture the surface has, the easier it will be to rip or scrape off.
— There are plenty of poles, lamp post boxes, dumpsters, planters, traffic signs, windows, mailboxes, bus shelters, electric boxes,and advertisements to plaster over.
— Just be aware that getting caught pasting on federal property (mailboxes), city property (traffic signs), and private property all have consequences.
Don’t Get Caught!
Sometimes familiar surroundings are nice to begin with and each and every outing you can look with pride upon your additions to the local décor. Wherever you decide to begin, you definitely should look around for surveillance. There are surveillance cameras everywhere. Some are more hidden than others. They are more easily recognizable in subway stations, elevators, in chain stores, and everywhere in wealthy neighborhoods.
When should you head out? Some think that late, late nights are ideal. Some prefer the early mornings. Others prefer going out on Sunday at 10 am, a traditional day of rest. I’ve gone out at all hours and have found that one is no better than the other, there are always cops and people around. Basically the best time is when you are feeling most awake and alert in a setting where you are familiar and comfortable.
If you spend time on any block in the city or in a specific area you will also notice the degree of police presence. Stand on a corner for an hour. Count how many times a squad car rolls by. Some cops aren’t in uniform and patrol in plainclothes in regular looking cars, or by turnstiles in the subway. So stay aware of who’s around you, and who’s watching. If you get nervous, ditch your supplies in a trash can or hide them and return for them later.
Know your rights and know the consequences of your acts. According to the law they are considered acts of vandalism and defacement of property. Depending on what city you live in you could end up serving jail time or pay extremely high fines. It may seem like common sense, but signing your name or even an alias, or tag name could incriminate you further. So don’t let a desire for fame and recognition cloud your judgment. If any identification info is on your poster, sticker, stencil, etc. for example a name, phone number, or address, this could be used against you. If you get caught, you might want to try to repeat this mantra–”art project”–and hope it works. If not make sure you ask:
“Are you detaining me? Am I under arrest? I want to assert my right to remain silent! I want to speak to a lawyer!”
Posters
Whether you’re creating artwork, political manifestos or fliers for an event, posters are a wonderful medium to communicate with. Posters can be mass produced and distributed widely, depending on how persistent you are. Reproducing an image for a poster can be done in a variety of ways. The cost of producing your posters depends on the materials you use and the type of printing. It can range from inexpensive xerox copies to more expensive silkscreen printing. The best paper to use is newspaper, butcher paper, or xerox paper. Regardless of what method you choose, wheat paste is a good medium to glue posters up with on the street. Unlike wallpaper paste, wheat flour is cheap and easy to get a hold of. Chances are, your posters will stay up for a longer time than if you put them up with duct tape.
Wheat Paste Recipe
You can either make your own paste or buy (steal) wallpaper paste at the hardware store.
— Begin by pouring one cup of flour into 1 1/2 cups of water.
— Heat to a boil until it thickens, stir to remove all lumps (with a whisk if possible) and add more water until it turns into a thick, clear
goop.
— Cook on low heat for at least half an hour, being careful not to burn it. After approx. 20-30 mins., paste will become thinner and more
transparent.
— It expands a lot–experiment.
— Upon reaching desired (smooth, pliable, and somewhat transparent) consistency, take paste off the heat and let cool.
— Pour into airtight jar or bottle or other such container.
If you’re going to be doing a lot of pasting, a bucket with a lid, a handle, and a wide paint brush work well. Otherwise a squirt bottle will hold enough, it is also easier to conceal. To put something up, paint an area of the wall the size of your poster with a layer of paste using a wide paintbrush. You want the wheat paste to be thin enough to paint onto walls but thick enough to stick. Smooth your poster over it. Make sure you glue the edges down, and smooth out the bumps and bubbles. If you don’t, the poster will be ripped down lickety split! I also put a coat of paste over the poster once it is on the wall to seal it.
Having two pople (one to handle paste, another to handle the posters) helps avoid getting paste on the posters which can cause them to stick hopelessly together. It’s also a good idea to go with a friend, so one person can paste and the other can be a look out.
December 4th, 2005 at 11:41 pm
Thanks for helping me get started. This helps a Bunch. Big Ups to STreet Art.
December 8th, 2005 at 7:13 pm
same. cheers for the info. i really need to get into some wheat-pasting, graff is getting me arrested too much!
January 17th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Good resource,
We used to use wall paper paste, but this was so sloppy and made the posters tear…..Wheatpaste is the way forward…..onwards and upwards in 2006
January 22nd, 2006 at 6:59 pm
thanks.ill be makin some soon
January 27th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
For sure, this helps a lot…..
February 2nd, 2006 at 4:19 pm
word. wheatpasting! another good thing you can do is take a razor and slice up the poster after its been applied to the wall. This way when
someone tries to rip it down they only get the little splinters you’ve cut into it. Another another thing is to put some sugar into the picture
while cooking, thus creating glucose, a good sticky and hardening substance. I’ve had posters stay up for six months intact with the sugar
added.
also, check out crimethinc’s recipes for disaster, for a really good super permanent tinfoil poster method. it uses linoleum floor glue and is
apparently a cleaning guys worst nightmare. never tried it though.
cheers.
activ
February 3rd, 2006 at 12:00 am
yeah thanx your info has helped smooth out tha details for me, this i so much easier of a medium to get into,
see i too get arrested way too much thanx again, i wish great ups to u and ur crew (if ur involved)
February 7th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
hey thanks for the wheatpaste recipe, i was wondering what was used….double sided tape is expensive!
February 13th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
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February 26th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
Thanks for the tips, they’ve been a big help!! being a poor student you need to save as much as you can, wheatpaste has been a life saver!!!
March 13th, 2006 at 3:53 am
I live in Alaska, how does wheatpaste do in sub 20 F temps? And for my buds in Fairbanks sub-zero?
March 22nd, 2006 at 2:56 am
can freeze and will leave your poster, etc, not so well placed.
peeps put salt in the mix so the paste freezes slower.
April 10th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
im feelin this
good stuff
watch out for my stuff
meyous the name
April 16th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
thanks for the recipe and addvise now i can get up more
May 4th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
Wow. thank you.
Much love to Visual Resistance.
May 8th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
A good idea if you plan for a large bombing run incorperating paste is to stay at a friends place near where you are bombing, than you can flee there if the cops pull up, be careful, don’t want to incriminate your friends would you? You can use their house as a base of operations, I used my friends pad (I live in the sticks) and went out with 1 or 2 posters and just a margine container of paste and hit a spot at a time, way light weight and safer, because if you get chased you only have to ditch small things.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
hey i know how to make wheat paste but i have got nothing to paste, i use my printer for pictures but when i paste them up the ink on it
smears everwhere and when it rains same thing happens what do i do plese help.
May 15th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
how do u stop paper from getin soggy and wet. Peeps put wheat paste all round mi town and all of then are half torn off. how do i get mine 2 last. (i do not have access to special facilities eg.laminating or special paper)
May 19th, 2006 at 3:26 am
you want it to absorb a bit. what you dont want is some bonehead tearing yer stuff down.
some folks add acrylic medium, glues, or other stuff to strenghten their recipe. It can get expensive with that stuff, tho.
Try doing stuff that is easily reproducible, that way you can just put more over the torn down stuff.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
yo, to about every 5-6ish lbs of mix you make add about 5oz of Glue in your mix. Mix it in slowly not all at once, i hear Elmers
works fine but as stated above it could get pretty expensive depending on what you use… of course, i wouldn’t know anything about it
;)
Peace and love
June 13th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
Thanks for the Info. my accomplise and i have been looking for another way to show our stuff around town and this plus our graff will be awesome. thanks again and keep on truckin.
June 27th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
tight remember the name TRACE RIP Borf much love
June 27th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Free BORF
July 12th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
i print my stuff with my printer and when i paste it the ink smears everywere
anyone have any advice.
thanks
July 13th, 2006 at 9:47 am
omar & beau — if you print on an inkjet printer the ink will smear. use a laser printer or a photocopier.
July 31st, 2006 at 6:40 am
…you have found right the best way to explain how these things are done…described with a little bit of humour and a lot of details…great site!!!!
July 31st, 2006 at 11:06 am
Good recipe, but I know how to preserve. put less water, and more flour, and store somewhere (cooked), then you add water to it and stir like crazy man.
Thanks for the help.
July 31st, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Writing a master’s thesis in Geography on wheatpasting.
Please contact me if you are interested in discussing your
art: rjgoode@gmail.com
thanks.
August 14th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
does anyone know of cheap (big) paper for wheatpasting?
August 29th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Hey i was wondering where you can get and print paper as big as the Riot police guy in that picture. thanks
August 30th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
I’ve not tried wheatpasting yet, but I am used to wanting big ass pictures yet not wanting to pay for big ass printing. The cheap answer is to ’tile’ your artwork, for example; if you want an A1 size image, print 4 x A3s and line them up really carefully. After a bit of practise you can get the image pretty seemless. You can ’tile’ your image manually, using your graphic software of choice, or by trial and error on a photocopy (xerox) machine, OR there is a useful site which automatically tiles your image at any size for you http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Hope that helps.
September 10th, 2006 at 12:30 am
I`ve done stencil and sticker for a little bit over a year and a half now, but for a few months i`ve wheat pasted, and wondered if it`s better to go out on a mission on bike, car, or by foot. Can you email me answeing that?
September 11th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
i like bikes…. where can i get huge paper very cheap?
September 11th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
i have a question and cant seem to find the awsner,
i was wondering what types of media i can use for wheatpasting (aka, water color, markers crayons etc… and which is the best)
cause markers are just to expensive for what they cover on a poster, and how do you artist make such fine pieces (look so clean great)
cause mine always seem a bit “childish” when i make them and id like to have a more serious emphasis with my art
September 16th, 2006 at 1:08 am
okay i went out wheat pasting for the very first time today, hit like three spots and there seems to be a problem with the ink when i pate over the picture it always get all runny and the picture doesnt come out as good. solution?
Thanks
September 17th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Great guide guys. I usually drive out to a location, park my car and wander the neighborhood throwing up posters randomly and walking back the same way I came so I’m surrounding the bombardment, it’s not surrounding me. Like they said you don’t want to leave a trail of evidence. If your ink runs use another type of ink. I use water-based screenprinting ink it doesn’t run and screen printing is the best poster medium by far. Check your local community college and utilize there screenprint studio. If not Xerox works as well and you can always tile you 8.5″ by 11″ in direct competition with Viacom. I’ve never been arrested for wheatpasting and I’d like to hear some stories of how getting busted for wheatpasting compares to getting busted for graff. I’ve always imagined getting busted, saying i’m sorry and simply pealing the poster right back off the wall. Let me know if that works. Make them humble. Make them gentle. And make them very, very LARGE.
September 29th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
i have been putting up tags and being interested in aerosol graf for a while, and i am soon going to start with posters. i live in london and i was wondering if any one has any tips on how to use longer brushes (like a broom or sumthing) to reach higher places. Also, duz anyone have tips for screen prnting? i am an art student and would very much like some help.
October 2nd, 2006 at 2:04 pm
i’m using wheat flour, and the amounts specified but my glue is still really gritty and yellows. i need some help, also for large paper call your local newspaper printed and ask if you can roam through their recycling bin, often times you can give ‘em five bucks and get a few hundred feet of paper.
October 15th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
im hearing alot about what to use as far as paste
i’ve been wheatpasting for about 4 month’s and the paste i use is called
“SOBO glue” you could find it at a michael’s art supply store
it works really good and near impossible to tear down if
you have all the edge’s down
anyone down for trades
posters stickers hit me up!
DETSO! FTG
November 23rd, 2006 at 6:01 pm
Wheatpaste can also be done on a small scale, to replace those free US Postal Service stickers that can be removed with a strong breeze, or any smaller scale propaghanda.
It can be less difficult than a large poster, both to create and to stick. There is some less risk in that putting up a smaller paper is less conspicuous and less time consuming.
Make your stickers on paper, you can even hand draw them or use paintpens for color, and stick them in one pocket of your hoodie. (if you are doing street art or graff, it helps to have a hoodie–standard issue–but you are aware of this).This is your “DRY pocket.”
In the other pocket, keep a jar or plastic lidless container of your paste. (If you are careful a thick plastic bag can work well, but often gets messy after a few stickers.) This is your “WET pocket.”
I like to wear a latex glove, you probably would too. Dip your fingers in the paste and smear the surface you intend to stick on, pull out a sticker with your DRY hand and stick it on the paste, Then smear a nice coating with the WET hand to seal and flatten, and you are outy. This takes only a couple seconds when you have it down, so you can really kill like this.
December 7th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Great article on wheatpasting, and good follow on comments from many.
The only part I didn’t like was this: make your own paste or buy (steal) wallpaper paste
Just because we need to be petty criminals in one area to get out a message doesn’t mean we should be petty theives or condone that. Get the message out, but be cool too.
December 12th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
Ok listen.. I know every wheatpaste recipe sais to cook. But I did some today, and I didn’t cook it because I need to use it spread out through the day, because I was at school, and could only paste if I was out for the 2 breaks we have. Does this affect the stickiness, the paste seemed to stick pretty good…
January 9th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Will my comment get deleted if I simply pose the question, “How can you justify the suggested theft of another person’s property?”, submitted without the gratuitous snotty sarcasm? It’s a fair question to pose, don’t you think?
January 21st, 2007 at 10:41 am
Hey, we’re no criminals :p, but I think you’d simply have to return the stolen property (and preferably say sorry). This page helped me out man, I’ve been bombing wheat paste for 2-3 weeks now and it’s all good, zero of my posters have been torn down yet, zero have been afflicted damage to -it lasts, thnx a lot, also I’d like to answer an earlier question of how to be getting large ammount paper for a fair price. News paper office is one thing, but often commercial promotion companies do better. The waste is less, but the quality is very very good. You can even get shiny or half mat paper of a huge format (I’m talking about 5 by 5 mtrs here :o) for almost nothing. Once I recovered a roll of paper of 10 by 2 metres, super quality paper -the only thing was that every 2 metres on length there was a little logo. Now the real problem for me was printing it..
January 28th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
a good video visual how to!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/356990/wheat_paste_posters/
January 29th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
re theft
private property is theft.
While I don’t apply this ethic everyday in my life
(sometimes its not worth the risk,)
or with some moral modifications
(I’d rather steal wallpaper paste from Home Despot than Pop’s hardware)
I do thoroughly believe that private property is theft. The idea that
“The food in this warehouse belongs to walton,”
Is what keeps Juan hungry
That “the (vacant) apartments in this building belong to trump”
keeps janes family homeless
and that “all this oil belongs to george”
is what kills hasim
anarchy=equality
liberate and occupy that which belongs to the people
(like those walls you’re painting)
death to the state.
February 5th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
sup this site is awesome….im from LA im been writing for 3 years and bombin for 1 im been 3 crews and am currently in 2 one made by me….but i have trouble gettin up cuz of my parents wats da best time to leave???or go mobbin??? i love graffiti and know all the history…and after all the spray paint im startin to et into stickers and wheat paste i already made sum stickers with a character i made i already got sum up , but dont last long(plannin to use the hairspray effect) but i really want to try wheatpaste, looks real fun…..the only problem is how do i get the image onto sum newpaper??? how do i make those posters????…also how can i make those type of propoganda stickers with all those images..i just use HELLO slaps…and printer ink…whats the best thing to use???thnx for all ur help peace…SNEAK
March 1st, 2007 at 8:45 pm
about the big paper rolls, just sneak into the back of a school library, huge huge rolls. or a wilsons dollar store has it too. if your getting it fro
April 18th, 2007 at 3:43 am
sneak…and peep…and duck your little heads….thanks for all the info…not like i didn’t read it, it was very informative but lets not jerk each other off at the mention of STreet art CO000oooOOl!
May 15th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
I have been sketching and planning on doing wheat pastes for a while, but my big question is, what is the best paint or ink to use when colouring a hand
made poster, I want to make some large scale posters… planning on drawing them by hand, but I have no clue as to what medium would be best.
If someone could email me or just respond that would be swell.
May 16th, 2007 at 9:29 am
for hand-made posters, i think that top-quality markers work best, such as magnums and stuff like that. i’ve heard that decocolor paint markers work especially well.
May 16th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Ya I was thinking markers would work best, but they are so expensive thats the only problem, but oh well I guess I will have to make do :P…. or do up my pictures on my computer and get them printed at a print shop or something and peice it together.
May 16th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I am having trouble. I have been putting up stuff on street signs, but they get taken down really quickly. Any sure fire paste recipe or tips? That wpuld be greatly appreciated.
6r4h4m@pwnz0r111.com -email me.
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:50 pm
to “harden” your mix, put acrylic medium or similar substances in you paste.
Swoon finds that this helps pieces stay up longer.
May 26th, 2007 at 2:06 am
FedEx has newsprint that they keep for “packing”. they are about 18″ x 30″. they work well if you tape them together, keeping the tape towards the wall when pasting. posterchild at bladediary.com has some very good tips and tutorials. i bought an overhead projector from a university surplus auction for $10 and that gets my posters very big.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
yeah, i am wondering about that too, bike or by foot? i havent done any pasting yet, just tagging and stickers. and hey, where do people usually do pieces? i am not sure i am courageous enough to do it inner-city.
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:00 pm
This is very useful facts. I have all the artwork ready I just need to find a partner.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Yeah love it. The best ingredients I’ve heard for sticky factor are: Sugar, Salt, and WOOD GLUE into the mix.
June 12th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Thaks!!!
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I currently coordinating a gallery show in Miami, FL and desperately need stickers, stencils, graffiti,
posters, images, anything street to plaster on all the walls. for more info and to
participate check out our myspace (www.myspace.com/diymia) or email diymia@gmail.com
thanks!
June 27th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
awesome im a make some as soon as i get off the computer
June 28th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
wheatpaste is def. the way to go if u want ur stuff to stay put. me n some buds hung some posters about a year ago now and it is still there. its deifinitely worth gettin ur mits all grubby for! also Crimethinc! has a ton of awesome posters you can buy by the bundlesfor cheapso check it out! _L_townMT
July 1st, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Wrapping paper!
July 8th, 2007 at 4:09 am
So Kinkos has these oversized zerox machines for copying building plans and things… they also can be used to enlarge zeroxes… and you can do negative with them as well, so if you design something small and laser print it out you can use a production wheel, which kinkos will loan you to figure out the percentage that your small paper will need to be enlarged to get it onto a poster sized piece of paper… Keep in mind thought those posters are expensive, but you can be creative with it and get a bunch of stuff done.
August 2nd, 2007 at 2:16 am
The one thing that crimethinc pamphlets neglect to mention is the horrid stench of old wheatpaste. I had a ziploc bag of it chilling in my room for about a week, and one day I woke up to the worst odor ever to assault my olfactory lobes.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
This is bitchin. What a killer way to get your shit out there- quick and eficent. Sometimes you just don’t have the time to get the aerosol out. I can’t wait to try it.. I’ve already made a TON of little guys to bomb around.
August 30th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Cool!!! im going pasting soon after my first posters are done, but i wanted to ask what is better to use - a roller or just a wide paintbrush?
August 31st, 2007 at 4:03 pm
ye man that helps loads. a small plastik emultion tub jus big enuf for a decoratin brush wurks forme. i add pva to make my paste thiker. i get wallpaper paste out of a quid shop. alot easier than cookin stuff up. but each to there own
PZ
September 6th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
ceed — a roller will apply a thin, neat, uniform coat. a large brush holds more paste and is sloppy but quicker and more effective. good luck.
September 16th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
if you inkjet images and hate the smear, try a good coat of cheap hair spray. don’t know how this would affect the wheatpaste mix though. it is good for stickers lasting in the rain.
September 22nd, 2007 at 2:27 am
anyone tried adhesive spray? how well does it stick?
October 12th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Try superglue - not adhesive spray
October 14th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
If you don’t like your ink running, you can always go over your poster with clear spray paint or even nail polish if it’s small.
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:32 am
hi there. i need one good advice- right now in my place weather ir pretty bad(snow,rain, temperature -7 or more)
and i’m planning stick up this big poster up to 2m. i neeg good ( glue recipe )
anyone
please.
November 28th, 2007 at 1:00 am
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December 6th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
yo fellow street artists!
i did my first set of posters today using wallpaper paste, before i had even heard of wheatpaste. might give the recipe a go but can anyone tell me how long it lasts for after u cook it?
repping BLACK.INK.CREW England south-east
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:54 pm
guys ive just started wheatpasting and ive just been printing my designs off on a4 and pasting them up. where do i go to make my posters big and how shud i print them? does anyone now how obey prints his posters? thanks alot
please write back
josh.
January 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
screen printing probaly. thts cheap fast and fun.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Thanks for the great help and advice
January 21st, 2008 at 10:36 am
Great!!! im going pasting soon after my first posters are done.
January 27th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I’ve found whaetpasting is the way to go, and it looks epic.
Any one from Portland pasting anytime soon?
.peace.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
great! those are good tips . I have just started with street art , stencils
February 13th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I’ve also used some spray glue by 3M, works great and a lot easier to use.
February 18th, 2008 at 3:55 am
I’m grappling with the cold/wet problem myself. I’m concerned that A large project I’m working on in a high traffic area will be easily peeled off by morning because of the low temp. One thing I’ve looked at is using egg–the protein acts as a strong binder and I’m told dries quickly once exposed to air. You’d just want to use the white obviously because the yolk will discolor it. I’ve also thought about substituting large amounts of water with isopropyl alcohol (but after cooking). As far as weather-fast pigment I don’t see why straight up cheap acrylic paint wouldn’t work, it is literally plastic once it sets up. Lemme know if anyone has any insight on accelerants for drying in cold climates.
Cheers
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
you guys are awsome. please…. put up some more art!!!!
March 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
heii…..
i want to paint posters on my own…any suggestions on what PAINT i should use?
i don’t want it to mix with wheatpaste or..whatever :/
any help would be appreciated :D
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Quick Question about Fedex Kinkos…Is it possible for them to blow up a small image (say…2″x3″) and put individual parts on different posters…So that instead of ending up with 1 larger image on 1 poster, you end up with a huge image spread out on several posters? Also…do they even print on newsprint?
If so…Is it even worth it? Or should I just invest in an Overhead Projector?
Thanks.
June 4th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I would guess that Kinkos would not do that but it all kind of depends on the employee you get as to whether or not they have the know how and willingness to help you out. If you do get someone to do it they may also want to charge you a fee for their work. The key to resizing a small image is going to be the images resolution and by how much you want to enlarge it. No Kinkos does not print on newsprint, not in house anyway they might be able to send it out but the expense will sky rocket. There is a program called a rasterbator (tee hee) that will break up your image onto individual 8/12 X 11″ sheets (or whatever custom size paper you want assuming you can print to that size paper). The rasterbator prints in dots (like a big industrial printer) this may help with your resolution problem of the small image made much larger, you can also play with the dot size to make it more to your liking. Heres the link: http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Hopefully some of this is helpful.
Cheers
June 13th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Yeah…I don’t think I’m even going to bother with Fedex anymore. The Rasterbator (lawl…) was great for enlarging photos. It really came in handy. But for drawings and things of that nature it really didn’t cut it…No worries, though..I found another site; ASCII Poster… Eh, It works for me. Anyway, thanks for the help.
Peace.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
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