Hi guys and gals!
I’m a relative novice and I’m learning to make sails. My problem is that I’m trying to get a slight “bowing” of my sails to simulate wind-filled sails on my schooner. I used a roll of a plastic “foam” as a base (as a form then covering it with wax paper and the airbrushing a light application of white acrylic paint on them and let them dry hoping they would stiffen up and achieve the proper curve but after they dried they were still limp and it didn’t work.
I was thinking of applying dilute white PVA glue with a paint brush and letting it dry on the form but I don’t want to mess it up.
Can anyone advice me of a good technique?
I’m a relative novice and I’m learning to make sails. My problem is that I’m trying to get a slight “bowing” of my sails to simulate wind-filled sails on my schooner. I used a roll of a plastic “foam” as a base (as a form then covering it with wax paper and the airbrushing a light application of white acrylic paint on them and let them dry hoping they would stiffen up and achieve the proper curve but after they dried they were still limp and it didn’t work.
I was thinking of applying dilute white PVA glue with a paint brush and letting it dry on the form but I don’t want to mess it up.
Can anyone advice me of a good technique?
