HELP!! What did I do wrong???

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Guys, I need help…it is ruined…[:(]

It was my first atempt to create the chiped paint effect with hair spray and it went all wrong. So I painted this Panzer II in German Gray (Tamiya) and let it dry overnight. Then I sprayed hairspray on it and let it dry for couple of hours. Then painted two leyers of dark yellow and let it dry for about 45min in front of a fan. Then dipped a stiff toothbrush into warm water and started brushing and…the whole thing turned into a frothy dark yelow mess[censored] [banghead].

The whole thing looks soo bad I don’t even want to put a photo. The dark yellow did come of here and there but it just looks so bad. What did I do wrong? Can the model be saved? Should I try re-painting it again with gray, spray and yellow? Wan’t it be too many leyers…What to do?

Thanks

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If the dark yellow was Tamiya also, it wasn’t fully cured, and when you started scrubbing with the water it started removing / thinning the not yet cured paint.

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Hmmm, makes sense. So should I leave the dark yellow,say, overnight to dry?

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Although Tamiya paint drys to the touch in around 15 minutes, I would let it dry for at least a FULL 24 hr’s or longer before doing that.

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I’d use a coat of future before the hairspray too just to make sure you have a strong base. if you brush through that you’ve done well

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Wouldn’t it be better if the Doog answers this question?

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Having a barrier seal between your base coat and the coat you want to chip/remove using the hairspray method is what I would recommend. If you use Future, let it cure for a full 24 hours before applying the hairspray.

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Why? are none of the rest of us good enough to answer the question? (no offense to Mr. Doog intended)

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Naw it is just that Doog is the Grand Master Jedi of the hairspray technique. He even did a tutorial for it as well.

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In addtion to the paint perhaps not being cured, the technique works best when removing thinner layers of paint. Two layer is probably too much.

Also, adding a protective layer (Future) between your base color and the subsequent hairspray/paint is a good rule to follow.

As for the foaming mess, keep working at it as this should clean-up with a little extra water and gentle washing.

Rick

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There have been quite a few posted all over the place. Having said that, where is the one the doog wrote, I haven’t had much time to surf the site in a while now.

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Zoran,

Doog got it published in Finescale so he had to take it off the forum.

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