Maximizing Your Acrylic Pouring with Minwax: My Secret to Amazing Cells and Effects
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- Learn my favorite pouring additive secret in this video!
I'll show you how I mix Minwax into my Floetrol for breathtaking cells and effects.
This method helps American Floetrol mimic Australian Floetrol for even better results.
But, please keep in mind the precautions listed on the Minwax label, as it may not be suitable for households with small children.
Watch now and elevate your acrylic pouring game!
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Materials Used
Pouring Medium: Floetrol
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Minwax
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction/Thank You For 1,000 Subscribers!
1:05 Why I like to put Minwax in Floetrol
2:35 How to Mix Minwax into Floetrol
7:00 Where to buy Minwax Pre stain 
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God bless you,Meta
Thanks for shearing all your knowledge, I’m going to try it!!
I love your videos ..my fav as you are so down to earth and explain and share ..thank you !
Thank you again, Meta! This is very informative! 🥰
Thank you for sharing can't wait to try this
Hi from Australia.
Yes our floetrol is magic.
Loving your video.
This was so helpful. Thx for breaking it down for a larger quantity. Love your videos @meta
thank you for sharing your wonderful enjoyable recipes.
Thank you, that was very helpful. I'm anxious to try it
Going to enjoy your work!!!!!!
Thank you for the information! I am sure gonna try this!
Thank you Meta!!!
Thank you so much! And may I say your the only on I know that has the chapters below additionally. Wow I will look over & over sometimes for where I think a spot was a get very frustrated this however is fantastic. Again, thank you!!
Congrat and thank you for Sherman your experiences so hepfu l. God bless you.
Thank you so much, not too long just perfect and very precise ❤ Will try this for sure! 😊
You made my painting life so much easier thank you thank you thank you! I am now subscribed to you
Thanks for the tip!
Beautiful thx for sharing love ❤️
Bless you Maida!
Great info!
Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks so much for this tip! It works great for me!
Glad to hear it! You are very welcome! 💕
Thank you great teaching 🎉
thank you sooooooo much for this!!!
Thank you for sharing,
Thanks a million for sharing your recipe to mimic aulstralian floetrol
Glad you enjoyed!
Thanks Mata fantastic idea, that's what I do since my mix for the bloom technique is the same but without color, I do make US floetrol thinner since the Australian floetrol is much thinner, so I thin mine out with M1 .also there a painters mesh used in gallons size they come 2 to a bag for less than 3dollars at Home Depot and no more strainer needed just cut a small round putt in the top of the floetrol with a rubber band and its filters it fantastically
Thanks for the tip
Thanks for sharing I am a new fan now 👩🎨❣️❣️ I dream of reaching that 1000 mark, very excited for you congrats from 🇨🇦
Congrats on the 1000. I live next to Friedman’s yay for the family owned large hardware store. Can’t wait to try the tip!
Thanks for sharing . 😉🤩
Noteworthy! Thank you for this interesting video! Thank you very much my friend for sharing, stay connected, please 💯💖
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I always keep a piece of nylon and attach it with a rubber band on top of the bottles of any medium.
That sounds like a good way to catch any clumps!
Thank you so much for your video on how to mix the mini wax with the Floetrol and why . How that I understand that it acts like the Aussie Floetrol, I will go out and purchase it. Thank you, thank you!
Thank you for the tip/lesson
Glad it helped!
So appreciate your sharing! Jeanne
Thank you for this fantastic mix. I watch GillyCube who lives in Australia. She’s always talking about how her paintings are so different. She has a lot of people ordering it, that must cost a lot of money 💰 This is fantastic, thanks again 🤩💖💕💯 ☘️☘️
Great info and I thank you!!!
You are very welcome!
There really is hope??? Maybe I will try again! I was just gonna jump from a high cliff!!! I never have luck - thanx!😅😅😂🤣👏👏👏💗💗💗
Thanks for the inside scoop
... CHRIS 😝😝😝
Ty for sharing
Thank you!
Super interesting
Thanks for info
Tammy Anderson gave us this tip about a year ago and it's Been a game changer for those of us who can't get aussy floetral easily! Love the cells
I had someone tell me to do that long time ago, before i started painting last year. not sure why people think if anyone says so on here, they think they started it. sometimes, not always. but its all good. :)
It’s super expensive too.
No Amsterdam paint added?
The Aussie floetrol is made by owatrol and they have the same thing sold as ez flow in the us and can be gotten on Amazon for fairly inexpensive prices .. it’s the same exact formula or at least the same ingredients 🤷♀️ it has the same effect on the pours ..hope that helps
Very helpful, thank you so much. 👌 And congratulations on your 1k. I just got my first 100 and I am so happy.
It is always good to see other creators versions of techniques and experiences, thank you for sharing!!
Lowe’s carries it too! Thank you so much, it works well!
Awesome!
I bought the Flotroel cap (Amazon) for my Flotroel, still put panty hose on neck of bottle. Stopped any lumps! 100% love this new tool!
Great tip Kim. Thank you!
Great video thanks for sharing ma'am have a good day keep safe and healthy always Much Love ❤️ Danica 🥁
Thank you for this
My pleasure Debbie! Glad it helped you!
Thank you very much
Congratulations on the 1,000!
Thank you! 💕
I want to thank you for this infor! This is the 1st time that I have seen someone's Minwax as a color different from white!! I thought I didn't know how to buy it! Thank you. I don't feel dumb anymore!
Yeah I know what you mean. I think the brown is oil based and the white is water based. I’ve seen ppl use both and I’m trying to figure out which one works best b4 buying.
Thank you for the information. New friend here!
Thanks 😊
Thank you Meta this will help... I could not justify spending my money for a small amount of Australian Floetrol.
I'm all about trying to be cost effective! I couldn't justify it either.
Thankyou
thank you sweetie you made my day I am new to the pouring I have my first com. my
Hello. I am new to pouring and l am confused.
Do you pour paint on canvas? If so how will it stay on canvas? It must be very messy and run all over.
If you do pour paint do you use brushes?
Would that pour method be considered art? But second thought art can be most anything as art is subjective.
Would you just have blobs of paint and no brush work.
Also can you do animals people various building and so on.
What is the point of pouring paint on canvas?
Sorry if l sound ignorant but l am
Do you use colors? If do so wouldn't the colors be muddy,?
It sounds interesting, l will investigate thanks for your patience with me l am just now learning about pouring.
Is it a style or technique?
Thanks so much. You are calm and charming. Ps. I wanna come home to San Fran
Awe thank you Laurie. 💕
I think we must have koala magic in our floetrol. 🥰🐨
I think so!
Australian Floetral already contains pre-stain added to it.
LOL Thx for recipe. Is the
Pre-Conditioner very oderous? I recall one of my early mentors to Pouring describing it's strong oder
thanks
I like your intro and you deserve more subscriber
Thank you Lydia! I really appreciate that!
Ty
New to this, wondering how you clean the painting prior to sealing it?
Does it give a glossy finish when it drys?
And definitely clean it as fast as you can. Don't let it dry.
Hello nice too meet U from Spain!! and thank's for your teaching!!! 😍 What do u use this for...? Cup tecnic, blow dryer tecnic, deeping tecnic, spiral cup tecnic...? And do U addit to every color??? I mix my colors with a base like a pouring medium: untited base paint semigloss, and poliurethane gloss varnis. 15ml - 3.1.
The floetrol i use for one of my cell activators is with 1 part of amsterdam titanium white paint, 3 parts of floetrol. 1/2 Ellmers school glue and 5 drops of min wax. There are people that also put acrylic ink.
I do put It, in another recipe whithout the school glue.
This for blow tecnic and swipe tenic.
But I' never try other tecnics with Min Wax instead of silicone oil 100%...
I would follow and check more your cool art!! 🤗🎨👏🏽✨
Great
Thank you!
Well done on the 1K :)
I am still amazed that Floetrol comes in 'two types' since I am in Australia and all I have ever known is the Flood Floetrol that I purchase from a Hardware store we have here called Bunnings.
Thanks for helping me kind of understand, still a bit 'huh? two Floetrols?' but a bit the wiser :)
Make that 3, there is also owatrol Floetrol the Europe version which is the thickest of the 3.
I'm excited to try this new ingredient! Do you use it in your base coat or only the colors added?
I use it in all my colors. After I put it in the floetrol I mix the paints as I normally would.
Hi. Does the Minwax conditioner stay mixed with the paint for a workable amount of time?
Thanks!
Really great tutorial! Does this stuff have a noticeable smell? I try not to use the harsh chemicals, but I do love the effects you get with this stuff 😁
It does have a bad smell. I don't notice it when it's all mixed into the floetrol, but I do notice it when I open the minwax can. It's one of the reasons I mix a bunch at once. So I only have to open the can once. But keep the windows open when I mix it. And tend to only do it when the kids are at their dads.
@@MetaPours you make a lot at once, so I can assume you could add the minwax into the gallon floetrol jug and it functions until the entire gallon is gone?
Aqui no Brasil não temos o Floetrol, mas vou tentar com cola branca água e verniz 🤔
Hi from Australia thanks for your great video. So do I still need to add minwax to our Aussie floetrol and would it add a binding agent to help with crazing?
I don't think you need it. But I don't think it would hurt. 😉 As far as crazing goes I would recommend Gac 800
Awesome. Thank you! May I ask your paint to Floetril ratio?
I have a video on how I mix my paints. Different ratios, for different types. But I go over it all! It should help! ruclips.net/video/f6hOwO_SgG0/видео.html
Is pre -stain the same as a wood sealer?
Would silicone oil have the same effect?
Can I do the same process with Elmers glue all?
Oh what is your recipe for paints flotrol min wax mixture and do you use water in a separate container in addition to the flotrol min wax mixture as well?...thank you very much CHRIS 😎
Do I buy oil base or water based minwax,? Thank you
Does this create a film on the finished project that needs cleaned before sealed?
Thank you for this great video. I just looked in Amazon Netherlands and i can buy it here! Just curious if this also works with the european owatrol floetrol?
I've never tried European floetrol, so I'm not sire if it would work the same. But if it has a similar ingredient profile it should be ok.
Thanks for sharing 🙏 may i ask you ... i m french and i need the principal ingredient to find the same product as min wax in france could you help me❤🙏
Thank you for your expertise. It's very much appreciated. I do have a question, (when using the minwax, do you have to wash your paintings like you do using silicone?). Just wondering because I have never tried the min wax. ❤❤❤
I haven't needed to wash them. It doesn't leave that oily residue silicone does.
Hasn’t left any residue for me either.
Thank you for this information. Will definitely try this. I am new to pouring. Do you have to wash off the minwax similar to silicone...before you varnish the painting?
Hi Betty. I don't find that minwax leaves a residue the way silicone does. I've never had a problem varnishing my pieces after using it.
Wow amazing mix...
Can you use resin on top when dry ? Or does it leave a film like silicone oil?
No oily film with Minwax. Very different from silicone in that way.
Is the Minwax Pre Stain oil based or water based?
Hello what is the pillow you use
Hi Mata, I love watching your amazingly informative videos, which are always so easy to follow and understand and actually see things close up. I have a question as based here in England, we don't have the same products you do in the US! I understand the pre-stain wood conditioner has to be oil, but we don't have Minwax Pre Stain Wood Conditioner (oil based) here in the UK and to get it from Amazon is madly expensive (£40 plus £10 delivery! About $60). In fact we don't seem to have a oil based pre stain wood conditioner in the UK at all! Would you be able to recommend an alternative? How about an oil based clear wood stain? Would that do it? Or I found Owatrol (Floetrol) do a Oil Rustol - Rust Inhibitor & Paint Additive, do you think that's something that would be a good substitute? It's so frustrating that we can't get what you have in the US, grrrr 🤬. Thank you so much for all your help! Heather, Great Britain
Hi, Yep same result with the Owatrol oil, it's very cheap, available everywhere.
Hi there! I know this is a pretty belated comment but I have a question. Can you use Valspar wood conditioner or is Minwax the only suggested brand? I have lots of the Valspar. 😂 Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for all of your helpful and lovely videos. I am just getting started. My head is spinning with all the different recipes on youtube! I bought the red can (oil based) Minwax like you use and American floetrol. I also have Liquitex Pouring Medium and Sherwin Williams Ovation Plus Base C, untinted interior semi gloss. I'm confused about a pillow mix and a base mix. Are they different? I see everyone using a torch and I have one but then I saw where you can't torch house paint. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or direct me to more of your videos. I really want to do lacing so I can make dragonfly wings at some point. Thank you for taking the time. 💜
Hi Hazel, it sounds like you are interested in learning the bloom technique, which one I've never fully tackled (yet) But I highly reccomend checking out my friend @GarrickBrownArtStudio ! His blooms are amazing, and he's got lots of videos teaching about the technique.
Thank you kindly! I really appreciate it. I will check out your friend, Garrick's art. I look forward to following your inspiring videos!
Do you have to clean it as well as you have to with silicone? Great video and information. I wish I had gotten you in on the pourade. Your great.
Definitely not messy like silicone. I don't have to clean the canvas before varnishing, and theres no residue once the paints are dry. It can be a little messy when you are handling it directly. If you get it on your hands it is oily, and a pain to wash. Which is why I love that dropper. And tend to make up a big batch to use up when I'm painting for the day.
Oh, and what is the pourade?
@@MetaPours I've put together a "luck of the Irish Pourade and Giveaway for St Patrick's Day. I have 7 artist participating. Its fun to have a challenge. And whoever likes and comments will have a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Michael's. Why should the big channels have all the fun.😄
@@MetaPours ill be adding some, right away. Thank you.
This is cool....I'd love to see like a side by side...same colors and brands, just one mixed with your special mix floetral and the other is everything mixed with just plain regular floetral....maybe you already have😊
One question, does this affect varnishing later? I doubt it...but being oil based i just wondered.
This was great thanks! Especially for doing some of the math :) I was thinking to just add it to a full new gallon if I liked it....wonder how much I'd need to add there? If you already know I'd love to know. I am beyond horrible at math ;) also, if you think its better to do in small batches I'd love to know that as well :)
Congrats on well over a thousand subs!! :)
That's a great idea! I haven't made a video like that yet, but I'm putting it on my list.
@@MetaPours that would be awesome!!! Also, when you say 3 drops of minwax to every ounce of floetral, is that drops from those plastic pipette you used in this video? I have those to and I just wanted to get an idea so maybe I can try doing drops into like one of those small shot glasses with measurements in the side, then I could try and put it into ounces for a larger batch...just more how my brain works🥴😳 but just wanted to make sure we would be dropping similar drops ;)
Can't wait to see what's next :) thanks so much for sharing!!
@@jadetobin Yes, I'm talking about that plastic pipette I'm using. If you have something similar I think it would work well creating comparable drops.
@@MetaPours awesome!!! Thanks SO much for the help :) so glad I found your channel! You make beautiful art!!!
Just discovered your channel! Will the min wax conditioner affect your varnishing or resin paintings? Thanks for doing this it is so hard to get Aussie floetrol.
I've had no issues with drying. It doesn't leave an oily residue the way silicone can.
I don't use resin, but I've varnished many just fine.
Would adding the Minwax negate the need to seal the painting with sealant?
I have minwax polycrylic will that give the same results? Thanks for sharing😊
It doesn't give the same results as the prestain. But I do use the polycrylic as a varnish, and love it for that.
Are you adding the minwax to create cells in substitution for silicone? I must be a little behind on my video watching because I hadn't heard of this before. But I'm all about using something that adds cells that I don't have to clean my canvas off before I varnish it!
I would 't say it's a substitute for silicone. But as an additive it helps the floetrol act more like Australian Floetrol, whicb helps make beautiful lacing and cells. But there is a certain "look" that you can get with silicone induced cells. And I don't think it recreates that exactly. But I personally prefer this over silicone. Especially when it comes to the cleanup factor after it's dried.
Help! Video old but new to me. I just happen to have Miniwax and am going to use Floetrol for the first time. Question on these measurements. 2 ml = 80 drops. 3 drops to 1 oz Floetrol. That doesn’t make sense. What is the measurement for 1 drop?
What is the ratio of paint you add to your mixed cell activator?