I used Scalecoat I on a styrene model once, it took about a month
to dry. I won't do that again! I now use Scalecoat II on styrene and
bake it in an oven.
Rusty
--- In [email protected], Richard Karnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Bob Boring et al --
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> Try thinning acrylic paints like Polyscale with isopropyl alcohol
instread of water. It goes on smoother.
>
> That said, I have had airbrush clean-up problems with acrylics.
Someone on this e-list -- Michael Eldridge? -- told me how to avoid
this, but I forgot, having gone back to solvent-based paint sprayed
outdoors.
>
> I have discovered to my chagrin that "old" Floquil thinned with
"new" Floquil Airbrush Thinner doesn't work well, and "new" Floquil
thinned with Dio-Sol doesn't work well. Floquil thinned with
Scalecoat thinner doesn't work well, and Scalecoat thinned with
Floquil Airbrush Thinner doesn't work well. I forget which one of
these combinations it was, but one of them took a month to dry without
tackiness.
>
> Someone on one of the Sn3 e-lists suggested using hardware-store
laquer thinner works with all solvent-based model paints, and several
others on that e-list echoed the same opinion. Maybe it's time for me
to try this...
>
> Dick Karnes
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