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| Subject: | Re: Help!! Catastrophe! |  |
| Date: | Aug 5, 2001 |
| From: | Tony Vidana | |
Sorry to hear about your dilemma Matt. There are a couple of ways to
prevent this problem from happening again. First if you give your model a
coat of matt varnish and let it dry for at least a day before you wash you
could prevent your wash from penetrating below your original paint job.
Even though varnish is thinned by Mineral Spirits or Paint thinner, as long
as you don't keep it on too long it will not strip your coat of varnish
Secondly I use another method of washing that I am starting to trust more
than the paint thinner method. Instead of oils I use acrylics, which dry
faster, are cheaper, and easier to buy at craft stores etc. There is usually
a pretty good selection and you can just about find any color you would in a
premixed enamel as long as you know what to look for. Anyway I use clear
window cleaner to thin the acrylic and the ammonia in the cleaner is not
nearly as strong as the paint thinner. The benefit is that the acrylic is
dry to the touch in just a few minutes an hasn't had time to do any damage
to the original paint job. A safe way to avoid stripping is to use oils for
your paint job and acrylics for your wash. You could reverse the process
and also still be safe. That's my two cents
Aloha
Tony |
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