No expert am I Marty, but what has helped my rather amateurish efforts has been to buy the best brushes I can afford and then take very good care of them, and to put on 3 lighter coats, thinning the last.
I use only water-based paints (and glues). Gave up on the toxic stuff long ago. I think the expert painter may be able to do a better job with the toxic paints than with the water-based, but in the first place I am not expert. See above. And in the second place, it is more important to me to preserve my lungs, et al, than to have a perfect paint job, much as I admire one. Roy Inman From: "Marty.Thorin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:55:33 -0500 To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: {S-Scale List} Paint problems Good morning: I need your help. I am having real problems getting coverage with my paint. Attached is a photo of my model. (This same photo is found in the photo album 'Thorin' in our S-Scale group.) The center of the frame and the cab side show my problem. This is after priming and then two coats. I am plagued by brush marks and the paint does not level. You can see the bottle of Polly Scale paint I am using. I also often have 'corner' problems which hides details. At the right end of the frame you can see dry, pooled paint around the white block. At the left end I have a dry pool I got when I airbrushed the primer. (Model Master white primer airbrushed directly from the bottle -- no thinning and NO FUMES.) I use Polly Scale because of fumes. I paint inside with normal house ventilation. I like to brush because it is QUIET. I hate the noise of my airbrush and its pump. Often the only time I can paint is after the children have gone to bed. What am I doing wrong? I love using a brush. Do I have the wrong brush? Do I need to 'prep the paint'? Thank you, experts, for your help and advice. Thorin <<2008_MG_Paint 004.jpg>> <<2008_MG_Paint 002.jpg>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
