Asked on Feb 18, 2019
What does adding baking soda to paint do?
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Judy
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Is this water based paint?
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decreases the smell huge change water based paint take a small amount of paint out mix in soda, add extra paint back in when you have filled your pain tray , soda needs to go in all the paint
. do not add water to paint.
Turns it into chalk paint.
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I have used it in water based house paint. Just add a tablespoon or 2 to your paint and it gives it texture and helps it stick to surfaces.
Adding baking soda will give paint a textured look
Yes, I would recommend using water based paint because you will likely need to add a couple of TBS of water to your paint to thin out the baking soda addition.