Are there any products (brands or types of) that can be used instead of future floor polish.
I simply can’t find it in my country.
maybe something home made?
thanks in advanced
Where are you? In the UK, it is sold as Johnson’s Klear (find it in supermarkets).
I’m from South Africa, and the only version(s) of Future I’ve found here have ammonia as the active cleaning component - is this the same as the version mentioned in the magazine articles? If so, is there any danger of the ammonia damaging your airbrush (I use a Badger 150)?
I have found two alternatives that seem to work - I’m sure you can get these elsewhere as well. “One Step”, also from SC Johnson, gives reasonable results, and a new one I found today from Cobra called “Brilliant Shiner” - a modelling colleague uses this for motorcycle models and his results are GOOD!
thanks Craig, i’ll look out for those products too!
Future doesn’t have amonia in it. At least it doesn’t say it does. It’s not hazardous so shipping shouldn’t be too expensive. Do you know anyone in the states or the UK that could ship some to you? A bottle of it will last forever so the cost wont be too bad compared to other products. Best of luck.
Thanks David - plenty of contacts in the UK who can help.
I was trying to find Future in the US (well, actually I asked my wife, ooops) and of course discovered it is no longer sold under that name. In the process of researching, I came across this page:
http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html
which seems to cover Future across the years and for many countries. Def. not US specific. The page is up to date an covers 2013 labels.
Mike
cant find anything helpful in my country, i bought pebeo gedeo gloss varnish but either i dont know how to use it orit is not suitable for airbrushing.
It depends a bit on how you want to use it. Its effect on canopies is somewhat unique. For dipping its viscosity is really optimum. However, if all you want is a gloss clearcoat there are a number of brands of clear acrylic gloss, especially in rattle cans. Also, clear urethanes make good glosscoats, and you can find both rattle cans and cans of brushable stuff. The later can be thinned appropriately for airbrushing. Urethane varnish does take longer to dry than acrylic, however.
Don, do you just use hardware store-variety laquer thinner for thinning the urethanes?
No, mineral spirits or turpentine. They are designed for use with paint thinner, but these days there is some real junk being sold as “paint thinner.” Hold out for cans specifically labeled mineral spirits or turpentine to make sure you do not get the junk. The junk has a milky color, not perfectly transparent, and has a lot of solid junk- sand like particles, but in those opaque bottles or cans you cannot see it.
okay, thanks Don…I’ll likely give the urethane a try to see how it works for me.
I too have noticed how I can no longer find future. But I did see SC Johnson’s brand Pledge clear floor polish…same stuff?
The product formerly known as Future is now known as Pledge® FloorCare Multi Surface Finish.
well it’s a case of “it is but maybe it isn’t”…That is in fact the new name for the old Future Floor Polish but as I’ve mentioned before, the formula has purportedly changed and is no longer (some say) satisfactory for use as a glosscoat. Now, I am unable to confirm that however as I’ve never used the new stuff and quite frankly I was never even a big fan of the old product (as applied through an airbrush).
Still works for dipping canopies and windows, however.
Sounds good. SC Johnson is sure proud of the stuff for $6.20 a bottle.
if i remember correctly the reason its milkly is becasue it has been distilled from being used once before. i use to produciton paint car louvers and we used mineral spirts etc. we had a still we used to run it through and reuse it, it came out this color.
I see this is available on Australia eBay, advertised as now out of production, at $25!!!
Is this as good as the original Future, has the formula in fact changed or is this just rebranding?
What is the new name in USA, I have someone who can bring a bottle back for me
I would also like to find a substitute for future in Australia ., any suggestions at all guy’s