Crackle paint is a timeless technique used to give surfaces a beautiful, weathered, and antique look. Whether you’re working on furniture, walls, or decorative items, mastering crackle paint can add a unique, professional touch to your projects. Here, let me show you the steps and tips needed to achieve the perfect crackle finish, as well as key insights into choosing the right materials and formulas to create those stunning, aged textures. Let’s dive into the process and unlock the secrets behind achieving professional crackle paint finishes!
A Waterbased Acrylic Resin Designed for Crackle Paint
Our SIOResin WPA-3127 water-based acrylic emulsion is a water-based resin product specifically designed for crackle paint. It exhibits excellent adhesion to common substrates like metal, wood, ABS, ABS+PC, PC, and HIPS. Additionally, it offers fast hardness development, high film hardness, and excellent alcohol resistance. This product contains no artificially added alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEO). It is also free from formaldehyde and substances that release formaldehyde. Price: 3.95/KG
WPA-3127 Crackle Paint Effects
Waterbased Crackle Paint Process
Materials:
Smooth water-based primer, solvent-based primer, plastic substrate, metal substrate
How to Process:
- Sand the substrate with 400 mesh sandpaper and apply one to two coats of WPA-3119 crackle primer (intermediate sanding can be skipped depending on the situation).
- After the primer dries at room temperature for 2-3 hours, spray WPA-3127 crackle topcoat with a thickness of one “X” to one and a half “X”.
- After the crackle topcoat dries at room temperature for 3 hours, sand with 600 mesh sandpaper.
- After drying for 3 hours, you can apply a gloss finish.
Tips:
- You can spray a pre-tinted coat of WPA-3118 color paint; This step can create a leather-like texture effect.
- Alternatively, spray WPU-2975 soft-touch topcoat to achieve a soft feel.
- You can control the size of the cracks by adjusting the thickness of the crackle primer and topcoat; thinner applications result in smaller cracks, while thicker applications produce larger cracks.
- Ensure thorough testing for adhesion and issues like delamination before mass production.
Crackle Paint Formulations
SIOResin WPA-3119 Crackle Primer Formula
Material | Proportion |
WPA-3119 | 85 |
BYK-024 | 0.1 |
DPNB | 2.5 |
DPM | 2.5 |
Water | 5 |
Tego-270 | 0.4 |
Tego902W | 0.1 |
H-1100E | 0.4 |
H-1100D | 0.3 |
Water | 3.7 |
SIOResin WPA-3127 Crackle Topcoat Formula
Material | Proportion |
WPA-3127 | 60 |
BYK-024 | 0.1 |
BYK-190 | 0.3 |
OK-520 | 3 |
DPNB | 3.5 |
DB | 3.5 |
Water | 5 |
75% Titanium Dioxide | 20 |
TEGO902W | 0.1 |
TEGO4100 | 0.3 |
H-1100D | 0.3 |
H-1100E | 0.3 |
Water | 3.6 |
SIOResin WPU-2975 Soft-Touch Paint Formula
Component A
Material | Proportion |
WPU-2975 | 72 |
WPA-3104 | 8 |
DPNB | 2 |
DPM | 2 |
Water | 4 |
Tego902W | 0.1 |
Tego4100 | 0.3 |
104E | 0.2 |
H-1062H | 0.5 |
BYK-333 | 0.2 |
H-1100D | 0.3 |
Mingling PUR-62 | 0.3 |
Water | 10.1 |
Component B
H-1005: PGDA = 8:2
Component A: Component B = 100:5
About SIOResin (SIO New Material)
SIOResin is a leading company in China specializing in the development and production of new materials. We manufacture and supply high-quality water-based silicone resins, silicone-modified polyesters, water-based polyurethanes, water-based acrylics, UV resins, liquid silicone rubber, intumescent fireproof coatings, flame retardants, wetting agents, curing agents, associative thickeners, driers, soft-touch agents, and other additives. Our products have a wide range of applications and with competitive prices.
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