The advice ‘dip clear parts in Pledge Klear’ is virtually all over the place. And at long last, I’ve obtained some of this Mythical substance, Pledge Klear, from across the border. Precious stuff, in other words.
I’m currently working on a 1/24 car, that has all the compartment windows molded as one large clear part that measures some 2 cm x 6 cm x 8 cm. Now, I can pour half a bottle of Klear in a container and dip the part, but I don’t want to risk contaminating all that Klear unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Are there any reasons why one can’t airbrush the part with Klear instead of dipping it?
Airbrushing and brushing works but dipping ensures even and full coverage. Dip, blot dry to remove excess from the edges and allow to cure. Repeat the process once more.
Also when you airbrush the insides of a tightly curved canopy, the Future will pool up and run. Airbrushing also can leave the Future with an orange peel appearence.
Nice site you referred to, particularly the page about mixing paints. Where I am, botteled water is a big thing. The bottles come with a ‘sports drink cap’ so that one can sip water without having to remove the caps. The kind of thing that have been used in sport’s bottles (particularly cycling) for decades.
Now, these caps come with a plastic seal that must be removed before drinking from the bottle. This seal is essentially a small plastic ‘bowl’, say, 0.5 ml large. It’s a perfect mixing vessel for tiny amounts of paints. And it’s both disposable and available in vast supply. Particularly after I asked the kids to give me the seals they otherwise would throw away.