Issues with Polyscale Flat…
Finished my Tamiya 1/35 scale jeep, used tamiya paint, mig filters, everything went according to plan, Polyscale gloss coat, decals, another gloss coat, Mig washes etc., then came the final Polyscale flat coat. booo.
maybe I got a little excited and airbrushed too heavy a coat because I got a grey, slightly milky finish over all the cool weathering I spent hours completing.
Mixture of flat coat was 50 flat/50 thinner spayed at 18psi. Any thoughts?
Hey there me again[:D]
Ya know the funny thing is I never really read your post over in A/C. Saw the word armor and figured it was … well… armor. This really should go in the Paint section.[:-^] But I am not gonna make go there too.[swg] I have used Polly exactly 3 time. Lots of folks love it since it is dead flat and that’s what I was looking for. First time it was good. Happy with the results. So I used it again and like oyu got a little carried away with a heavy coat and got that murky finish you described. The 3rd time I used over black and intentionally did a heavy coat so I would get that whitish look. A 50/50 thinning should be OK. I think this is an issue of how heavy the coat is. I have gone back to using Testors dullcoat. I pour off a little bit of the carrier while it is settled out and get it very flat. But that too will get some white if I pour off thoo much .
Oh yeah and BTW
WELCOME
thanks for hanging with me as i bumble through the forum, i didn’t even know there was a paint category.
the drag of this flat coat issue is having something kick you in the behind right at the end.
i ended up taking testors airbrush cleaner and brushing it over everything. that seemed to restore the color but made the finish a little inconsistent. should i have sprayed another coat of flat or just left it alone?
i didn’t want to keep adding to the problem.
You boys just gotta lighten up on this stuff. I’ve been using it for as long as I can remember and never had a problem with it. I AB it on at the point where I can barely see it coming out of the tip, in fact, I check on scrap every-so-often to make sure that it is. I do a section at a time and if needed, I’ll go over it again starting at the first section and so-on and so-on.
The only difficulties that I’ve had is finding the stuff locally. I swear by it. The vast majority of my AB painting is with PS as well. PS thinner too if needed. (and no I’m not a salesman.)
Polly Scale is the only flat I use. I thin it 50/50 with Tamiya thinner, and spray it at around 20 psi. I put it on in really thin coats. If I see it shine, I’m putting on too much. If I get the odd drip, I wick it away immeadiately. I’ve always gotten great results.
Pollyscale is my preferred flat coat for both aircraft and now armour.
The secret to PS flat is to stir, stir, stir and stir some more. When you think you are done, stir some more.
What you are seeing are flattening agent blushes.
I thin with distilled water only and mist light coats on until a flat finish is achieved. PS will flatten almost immediately on the model surface, so you get a great amount of control whilst applying it via airbrush or paintbrush.
Cheers
Mike
Excellent point Mike… stir, stir, stir. Never shake any of PS’s products.
I pop the jar (without the metal lid) in the microwave for about 8_10 sec on high. The talc “melts” and it is completely mixed with a few stirs. I spray it still warm thru my Iwata micron…beautiful results in one coat. This was necessary to avoid clogging my Iwata Micron B every time I sprayed flat coat.
Steve
Interesting… thanks for the tip… I’ll have to try that next time around.