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| Subject: | Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading |  |
| Date: | Feb 18, 2005 |
| From: | Jerry Plettenberg | |
Hi All,
May I add my few pennies worth of input ?
I am another one who recently changed over from enamels to acryclics and I can only say that this was a wise decision.
The more so since the missus got totally fed up by the enamel-fumes unavoidably circulating about the house in small but smelleable quantities :))
It always is terribly frustrating to see an otherwise good kit litterally fade away.... I know how I would feel....
On advice of locally well-known hobby store keeper/modelbuilder Rob de Jong I am using Tamiya acrylics for the larger surfaces and only using Vallejo for the smaller ie. detail bits.
I'm working with acrylics for about six months now and have never come across this Fading Phenomenon. With neither brands.
For example, my Trumpeter LCM-3 was mainly done with Tamiya's but eg the red fire extinguisher on the wheelhouse with red Vallejo.
Since finished, my LCM-3 stands approx three feet from a window, on the Northern side of the house, for sbout 9 weeks now.
Since I first read your Fading Vallejo Mail I have checked this extinguisher, as well as other parts on other kits of which I'm sure they were done wih Vallejo.
None of these parts even show the slighest discoloration or fading.
There's another store in Holland where I buy a lot of artists' stuff, (unfortunately they don't stock Vallejo) but they are experts on paints.Mainly for "paiting painters". artists...)
I passed this Fading Problem on to them and asked for their expert comment and advice.
According to two guys in that shop it m i g h t be that Valejo had a problem in their "factory" or wherever they fill the bottles ie that the mixing process was somehow faulty.Ie something like not enough pigment mixed into the carrier fluid.
In other words, there may be a faulty batch of Vallejo in circulation...
Both swore with hands on hearts that acylic paints do NOT (..and should not..) fade any faster than enamel-based paints.
Provided the paint itself is of a normal quality.
With all of you I am very eagerly awaiting what Vallejo themselves are going to come up with in the way of explanations.
And possible excuses.
Please keep all of us posted !
Nice weekend to all and bye,
Jerry |
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 | Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Austin Flynn - Feb 17, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - david green - Feb 17, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Austin Flynn - Feb 18, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Mark Fergel - Feb 17, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Sami Rask - Feb 17, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Jerry Plettenberg - Feb 18, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Matthew Burchette - Feb 18, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - pat-man - Feb 19, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Austin Flynn - Feb 21, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vallejo Acrylics - Unwanted Fading - Greg Harker - Mar 2, 2005 |
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