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what colors can i mix to get an aged concrete look?
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thanks guys !!
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ive forgotten. which type of alcohol do you use to clean up fingerprints and stuff. The denatured or Isopropyl?
thanks all
! Pat
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anyone know yet where the 2011 one will be held?
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can you all tell me how to remove old paint from a model? ive forgotten,LOL..
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i removed chrome off about three trees, using Oven off. but ileft the stuff on them for like 24 hours. I went to wash and scrub the stuff off, all the main chrome stuff came off, but in alot of places, in the nooks and crannys, its a yellow color
How do i get rid of that stuff now? ive tried to scrub it off with a old toothbrush but it wont come off.
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when u clean ur airbrush cups, what do you all use? im using q tips, but after im all done and go to paint, seems like it blows out small fibers.
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on the Andrea flesh paint set, what do i thin that acrylic with?
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to anneal PE, do you just hold the sheet and run it over a candle? is that the idea? and for how long do you do it?
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Isopropyl!
Thanks alot for your help
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Each particular brand is different.
Tamiya works WONDERFULLY with 90-91% alcohol. Simply Amazing stuff. They are my favorite paint to spray. You don't even really need retarder but if you add it, you might not be spraying any other paint again. Gunze paints are also pretty darn close to Tamiya so they work really well with Isopropyl alcohol.
PollyScale and Model Masters do a lot better with plain old tap water or dystilled water at least in my opinion. I have heard of others using Windex but to me water is what has worked the best. Alcohol actually makes them dry faster and you get horrible tip dry.
That's as far as my experience with paints go. People use all different kinds of things. Water, Alcohol, Windex, the own brand thinners and all the way up to brake fluid.
You might want to try some of these and let me know how it goes.
Would that be de natured or Isopropyl alcohol?
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im not an acrylic user, but what do you use to thin them and clean ur brush or airbrush?
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After the sprue pieces melt completely, do you have to stir the putty/cement mixture at all? I've thought about doing what you did and I've read about it being used here on this forum. I wonder how long the putty mixture is good for (shelf life)?
I have a small jar i made up of it last Saturday. And i was gone all week and came back and the stuff was still ok. I made a fairly big batch of it, and so far its still good.
Like this one poster said. their might be air bubbles in it after you sand it down, but nothing a small swipe of regular putty can take care of. This method is really good also if you have a deep sink hole and you want to fill it up.
When i made mine. i just cut the sprue pieces up small and put them in the jar, poured a little cement in, enough to cover them up and let it sit. although the curiosity got the best of me, and ocassionally i went back and stirred it a few times.
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Pat,
it says it is Flammable .so question... once it has been used on the Model
would it still be dangerous to have any flame near the model, or does
it negate that once it had bee n used in its melted stage ?
B)
no more dangerous than using it just as a regular glue as far as i know.
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Heres the cement I use
here it is after the plastic has melted. i gave it about 4 hours ish. the longer u wait the better, just to be sure its all good and melted.
here i have put the plastic putty on a couple sink holes. the good thing is, the plastic is the same color.
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how do you make it? can you upload some pics of this "putty" you use. thanks man.
all you do is put small cut pieces of sprue into a small jar of like testors liquid cement. wait a while, i waited about 3 hours for mine to fully melt. all the plastic sprue pieces you put in will melt from the cement.
or take and pour a small amount of the liquid cement into a small jar, i use the small 1/4 oz ones. drop in your sprue pieces and wait. then when its "cured", and all melted ,just dab on a sink hole or whatever and it fills it right up and melts into the surrounding plastic. Then sand and you cant even tell the difference, unlike with putty
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ive just found that melted plastic in liquid cement is probably better than any putty on the market! im sure its been said here before but i just wanted to put my worthless 2 cents in.
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are those Iwata sprint jet compressors any good?
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im just now starting my greyhound. Right now im working on cleaning up the drive train :D
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Giving it a dip in Vinegar helps etch the surface to better accept paint. Just like those who paint sheet metal who use a prep compound that removes contamination and etch the surface.
Thanks, I did that. let it sit in the vinegar for about a half hour
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Actual show dates are August 3-7, mark it down!
I believe its the 4 - 7, although i could be wrong.
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do any of you prime your Photo etch?
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That's a very central location for everyone in the US.....which is a good thing.
Only a 23 1/2 hour drive from Mississippi here. LOL
But hey, im a truck driver, so i can handle the drive
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and a double Wooo HOO.. the wife has given me the ok to go the Phoenix show next year!!
It was also a great pleasure meeting alot of you
Aged concrete
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Thanks alot !!