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That time someone told me my edge painting looked like a 5 year old got into the markers
I used to just grab whatever acrylic paint I had laying around and slop it on the edges of my books real fast. Back maybe 4 years ago a lady in a Facebook bookbinding group told me I needed to thin my paint way down or use ink instead because the globs were all uneven and cracking. She was kinda harsh about it but she was right. Now I use a mix of Golden fluid acrylics and a little flow medium and do like 5 thin layers instead of 1 thick one. The edges come out smooth and actually flex with the pages now instead of chipping off. Total game changer for my rebinds. Anybody else get a critique that totally flipped how you do something?
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