how much paint is enough???
 

I've been painting a few shells, and i was wondering how much paint is enough paint?

For example, last night i was painting a shell, two colours, using a vinyl mask. I guess i put about 6 coats of green, 2 coats of white, 6 coats of orange, 3 coats of white, 2 coats of laquer.

I know that this is qualitative, but does that strike you as too much, or too little? I always feel that i'm cautious to put a load of colour on before I back it with white, but maybe i'm overly cautious.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

How much paint do folk use on a shell? 1/10th of a bottle? 1/5th bottle?

Thank you

Dose depend on type of paint and colour. But in general I put about 3 medium coats on and dry with heat gun in between. Basically you don’t want to be able to see through it. You can try backing the colours with a coat of white. If you use too much paint you will have issues getting your masks off. Hope this helps.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Put your hand behind the shell in good light - if you can easily see your hand you need more layers - if you can’t see through it - your good ;)

thanks for the note