Eyes: Acrylic Paint on Plastic Mesh

[thesplash]

I'm currently attempting to paint plastic mesh with acrylic paint so that I can see out of the colored parts of my fursuit eyes

Comments

[jacek_hazmat]

I don't post on here often, but I recently have the same problem going on so I'll show you the best thing I found. Go to https://www.etsy.com/shop/Curlworks (they will be back from vacation shortly) and order their black fursuit eye mesh. It's already black so you don't even have to paint the backing, and the vision is amazing! Secondly, use Sharpie Oil Paint Markers(I bought mine on sale at Micheals, they were 2 for 1 and the sale ran until the end of the month but not sure on other locations), because damn they work wonders. I used them on the curkworks mesh for my new suit and they worked sooooooo well. I just used some clear sealant after as well so I wont need to worry about leaking. Anyhow, that's my suggestion because I've had nothing but issues trying to use acrylics to paint on mesh in the past. Good luck

[thesplash]

Thank you very much!! Black mesh would make this so much easier, too.

[tinyjenx]

Seconding Jacek's comment! The curlworks mesh is phenomenal and the oil-based sharpie does a great job in just a few layers with all the ease of using a marker. I highly recommend it!

[thesplash]

Much appreciated! We ended up giving the paints one more try and gave up. Gonna' go with paint pens next. Thank you!