Hello everyone,
I am on the finishing stages of two little egg planes by Hasegawa: F/A-18 Hornet “Blue Angels” and VC-25 “Air Force One.” I used Mr. Color painting in both of them, I read somewhere that you can use Pledge floor care finish as a gloss coat before I apply my decals, I am out of any kind of gloss coat at the moment, I can go a get some at a local hobby shop; however I do have Pledge. Any suggestions?
In advance I thank you all for your comments.
Luis Chao
By the way I try to attach the picture but didn’t upload, any ideas why? Never mind I did it [:)]
Planodog,
I believe Pledge Floor finish is a new name for what was once called Future floor finish. And, yes, you can use it as a gloss coat - I do. It is an acrylic product that sprays straight out of the bottle. Will go on over moust other paints after they have dried.
How did you try to post your pic? You need to use a photo hosting site like Flickr or Photobucket.
Never mind here also - just saw your posted pic.
Hi Bick,
thank you so much for you answer, I did manege to attach the picture with the host. Yes you are right Pledge is the new version of Future, and I will use it, do you think I should mix with something or just use it as it is with my airbrush and clean the airbrush with Windex (ammonia based)?
Luis, I too, use Future for a gloss-coat and generally spray it right out of the bottle with no thinning. But that said, the last time I used it, I tried a tip I had read about and added a small amount of Windex as a thinner. It did seem to work really well. So, it might be a good idea to try it both ways and see if you can tell any difference. And yes, clean your airbrush with Windex as well. After that step, I spray a small amount of mineral spirits (paint store/hardware store “paint thinner”) through the AB. Good luck to you!
Gary
HI Texgunner, thank you for your answer and advice will be used. How long do you let it dry before applying Decals?
You’re quite welcome! I usually let it sit for 24 hours at least. I might be overly cautious and others may reply differently, but that has worked well for me.
Make sure It’s the right product, not the one with the cleaner in it. Here’s a picture of it, however I understand the Johnson has changed the picture again.
Hi Modelcrazy,
yes thay have, this is the new look.
I would like to thank everyone that answer to this post, the result was great, here are the pictures.
Gary
You are not being over cautious, believe me, I wait at least 2-3 days before using Solvaset. A while back I decaled about 24 hours later and the area around the decal clouded up really bad and got chalky. I even applied more Future over it but it didn’t help.
I find that it sprays better and smoother mixing about 50/50 Windex and Future.
dog
both eggs look glossy smooth.
Good advice Ernie! [B]
Yes, those eggs do look nice and smooth; did you mix in the Windex with your Future?
Hi Texgunner,
no mix, straight up from bottle to airbrush, they look great, almost done with the decals and ready for display, working already on other two versions of the egg collections, they are good for small shelf display at work =)
One down VC- 23 tail number 29000 “Sam,” I know the decal work didn’t came out too clean, but after not doing a model for more than 10 years I think I did well with this one, almost finished the one from blue angels one.
Solvaset is about the hottest decal solvent there is- so hot I don’t use it any more. Even other brands of solvent can create problems. I never use solvents unless sets don’t work. Use setting solution when originally applying decals, use it again a time or two if it didn’t work well enough at first. Only go to a solvent if setting solution absolutely will not nestle it down. Compound curved surfaces may call for a bit of solvent but on flat or single curve surfaces you shouldn’t need solvent.
Thank you Don… will apply that rule in the model that I am building right now.