What is the best way to keep it from drying out in the tube? My white is solid as a rock and the Green is close to it. Is there a way to bring the Green back to usable? Like soaking the tube in very hot water…?
Thanks for any answers
TEise
Buhler…anyone??
I don’t know about bringing it back. Had my tube of green for years(can’t remeber when I bought it, late 80’s or early 90’s). Keep it closed good when you are not using it.
Sad to say that I can’t think of anything that’ll bring it back. I wonder what would happen if you mixed it in with a touch of rubbing alcohol. I’ve had my tube of green putty for years as well. I don’t even remember buying the thing but I used it last night and it was still in it’s squishy putty form. Sorry.
Eric
The solvent for the putty is probably lacquer thinner. I use nail polish remover to thin it for application, or I should say that is what I use for Tamiya putty which is not quite the same formulation.
Keeping the lid on tight is the best method.
if its solid how are u going to get it out of the tube to thin it ? cut open the tube ? then what do u do with it ? sounds like a big waste of time . just throw it away and buy more . next time seal it better . i keep my putty in the fridge . i have tube that is at least 10 yrs old . the only problem with it it that the thinning medium seperates from the putty due to setting for so long , but itis still usable .s
i think what your problem is that your getting the putty out of the tube and applying it then putting the lid back on just remember that the second this stuff comes in contact with air it starts to dry so get some putty and immediately put the lid back on and it should last you years other than that i can’t help but i hope this helps you out
I actually decant my putty into a large Tamiya paint glass jar…seals well, but gives you the opportunity to add thinner if it’s needed.
But I never use the Squadron Green Putty - I use automotive Spot Putty - nitrocellulose based (laquer thinner) - it dries quickly and dries hard - and can be thinned with laquer thinner.
It also sticks to styrene extremely well.
Works for me, anyway…
What’s the difference between the White and Green putty, anyway?
The LHS guy tried to explain it and thought that one dried faster than the other, but he couldn’t remember which was which.
My own personal theory is that the White is for better visibility on darker-colored plastic, and the Green is for better visibility on lighter-colored plastic.
The guys at Squadron say that the white is finer than the green but the formulas are very close. If you are going to paint over it I would use the white. As for one drying faster than the other, They both have the same drying time.
Thad
Thad
In my experience, the green dries slower to the touch (by about three minutes) than the white. I only picked up green because the Shop was out of white, and I needed putty. Works well for Zimmerit, too.
You can always count on the readers of this forum to offer up good advice. Thanks to all who answered. Since i posted the question I’ve found that Cutex will thin the stuff and holding the Green tube under HOT water brought it back to where I could get it out of the tube to thin it.I do believe I’m guilty of not putting the cap back on tightly and i’ll start putting it in the fridge… unless i would have to remove some beverages to make room for it.
TEise
Nothin like a cold tube of putty on a hot afternoon …[(-D]
Shellback…Good!
TEise
Shellback;
If you use enough of which alcohol will it be good to drink? need it after working on the 1 to 1 scale KC-135’s here in Maryland[#toast]
LOL TEise !!! [(-D]
cuda … [#toast]