Wash .....wash-out

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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I now there are about a zillion questions on washes, and i have read probably half of those, but for such an important procedure, I m stil having some issues.

I am mixing up the ‘tinted-thinner’ as described im most articles, but I wonder if Im making it too thin because while the panel lines turn dark when I first apply the wash, the color tends to evaporate in a few minutes.

Do I need to apply more ‘coats’ or more pain in my mix.

Also…how do I keep from wiping away my base paint when i wipe away the wash spillover later on?

Will Future prevent the loss of my base paint?

I appreciate any comments.
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You can either apply more times, or put more paint in your wash. Either way, I think it will come out the same.

If you want to protect your base paint you need to coat it first with a gloss coat or something like it. I have no experience with Future.

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Future is what quite a few of us use. You can read all about it here:

http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html

A gloss coat is very important before weathering or washing.

You might also want to check out:

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Weathering.html

for a very good guide on weathering…

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On this one I used one of those Staedler ink pens (the kind you dip into ink). I dipped the pen in my wash solution and applied it to the panel lines and detail edges. I really only touched the pen and let capplilary action take over. On some of the lines I had to do it 3 times.

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Great looking jagdpanther, and some great links.

i have tried to make use of capillary action myself, but it just seems that the point where i actually ‘touch’ the model gets a little overspill.

I’ll try to work on my gloss coat and refine my thinner mix.[:D]