Paint Bleed Tips for paint pens
- The base wood material needs to be prepped BEFORE using any pen type applicator to stop the bleed.
- Suggest use a color for the balance of the areas NOT accent painted with the pen. That way when you use the accent pen it can only see the primed painted surface and not the fine wood grains causing the bleed. Or you can surface prime the part say in a pale “dirty white“ (mix bright white with a tiny tiny tiny tiny amount blue and an even smaller amount of magenta) then once the primer layer dries use the accent color pen.
- There is another way to force bleed stop. However, would only suggest using that process on very large parts. The process consists of painting the adjacent area first, let’s that is yellow, you paint yellow over the line where you would want to use the pen accent color let’s say that is red. Let yellow fully dry. Then apply mask tape aligned to where you want the accent red color line to really be against the yellow. Then apply more yellow along that mask tape line. Let it dry ( this second coat lets any yellow that might seep under the mask tape to seal the gap and color blend). Then use the paint pen to apply the accent red color and before it dries pull off the mask tape. (The forced stop bleed method works, it’s just time consuming and several extras process steps.)
As always, there is no one way to do anything, and, if your process is working for you and not experiencing bleeding on bare wood substrate, then I encourage others (beginners or pros) to detail out and add to this community’s great TIP Library. The great thing about this community is sharing of knowledge in the way of tips.
Enjoy your builds!
