Mig Pigment faded paint

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I just picked up mig pigments faded paint powder (faded olive drab to be exact). I wasn’t side how exactly it was supposed to be applied…wet or dry. Anyone try this?

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I think dry would be better. Concentrate it around the center of the panle and rub it in. Wet would give you more of a wash like appearance I think.

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Thanks! I will let you know how it works

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Either way is fine Jay. It would actually act as more of a filter, tinting the basecolor a bit. I would blast a little color of a spare piece of plastic card, then try out th pigment and see what works best.

Cheers

Rob

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Haven’t used the faded OD yet Jason, but using some of the other mig powders on different projects so far has resulted in a softening of the base color for me. Thats using them dry. Haven’t tried them with solvent yet. Sure do like them though. Semper Fi mike

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I did mine dry with a make up brush…

Steve[^]

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I haven’t read anywhere of them being used wet to fade panels.

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Thanks for the input…

Steve…after you put it on, did you seal it with anything??

Rob…good idea for an experiment!

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I sure did, I hit the whole enchilada with Polyscale flat, a 70/30 mix with water. Misted on layer coats to avoid “washing” off my dust, rust and OD fade. When you flat coat over the MiG powders, spray just like you would with Future - sparing mistcoats a good distance away so the moisture will dissipate and the flat coat will dry faster, Once you have two or three passes and it’s dry, then you can lay it on a lttle heavier. A guy at my LHS was saying the other day that you can liquefy the OD fade and spray it through the airbrush. But, since the powders are paint, it behaves just like acrylic paint and has the same effect as adding a few drops of flat white to your base OD and going for the effect with the airbrush.

[^] take care buddy,

Steve

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I like the results , really looks weathered.
CFR

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but beware, the powder comes off and leaves fingerprints if you touch it!