(1) Get a nice clean board 1-1/2" to 2" thick, 3" to 4" square. Cut
a hole through it so the Scalecoat bottle will fit in the hole. This
keeps you from tipping over the bottle while using the paint.
(2) after you first take off the lid remove the glue that was used
to hold the sealer over the bottle, it is water soluble so a warm
wet rag works. after your done painting use the white teflon tape
that plumbers use and wrap some of it around the threaded area of
the bottle.
(3) Just before you screw the lid on the paint bottle , take a deep
breath, hold it for a few seconds, gently blow into the bottle as
you screw the lid back on. The CO2 in your breath reduces the
concentration of O2 in the bottle which retards the polymerization
of the paint in the bottle.
(3) a word about paint thinners: some of them cause the
solidification of the paint in the bottle over a short time period
(1 or 2 months). I've given up trying to figure out which ones do! I
don't mix Scalecoat II thinners with Scalecoat I thinners nor do I
mix the two different paints like I use to.
(4) I dry everything in my kitchen oven, including plastic models.
You may think thats nuts but have you tried it? Put a cookie sheet
between the heating element and the model so there is no radiant
heat applied to the model and keep the temp down around 140 - 150
degrees. I think the H20 guy uses a light bulb in a box for the same
thing.
(5) I'll now get down off my soap box and go clean the bat dung from
the corners of my little cave. I should probably polish up some of
the stalactites while I'm at it.
Rusty Rustermier
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