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Old 04-05-2008, 09:16 AM   #1  
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Default Perfect Pearls vs Pearl Ex

What is the difference between pearlex and perfect pearls? I thought one of them was a cream, but they are both in a powder form.

The perfect pearls I bought came with a perfect medium. Does anyone know what this is? It looks like a small versamark pad to me. Is there a difference?
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Perfect Pearls does not require the addition of gum arabic as a binder if you are going to mix it with water for painting, so it's more of an all-in-one product.

Perfect Pearls is also more widely available in open stock, so you don't have to buy more colors than you want.

Perfect Medium is like Versamark.

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Pearl ex has to have a binding agent or it will rub off or not stick.

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If you stamp in Veramark, and then brush over it with Pefect Pearls, it will stay put. Pearl Ex will have to be sprayed with a fizative. Another good example was given in the post above.

Pearl Ex has more colors though than Perfect pearls.

Personally I use the Perfect Pearls as I think it is easier and I do not have to mess around adding a fixative to it.
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Ok, here's a tip I learned from the Ranger people (Perfect Pearls)... use Perfect Medium to stamp with, dust with PP & brush off excess. Then LIGHTLY spritz with a little water. This will activate the binder in the PP. Trust me, I've always loved the pp and only love them MORE now that I know to spritz them.
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They have a list of awesome techniques for perfect pearls on their website:

http://www.rangerink.com/tips/tips_perfectpearls.htm
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