Rats
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Does not mixing in Simple Green.....make it green?
....and results in a self-cleaning, shiny floor.....
Does not mixing in Simple Green.....make it green?
I'm still not sure what that is for. If read about it so much over the years. Is it for a final gloss top coat?
So I would likely never need it for star wars stuff?
The yellow isn't the plastic of the bottle, right? I have an old bottle that looks like that too.
R/ Robert
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I absolutely love this stuff. Found out about it a few years ago from a scale model painter and have been using it since. It goes over metallics so well. In this case, it's mirror chrome and faux gold leaf in my example... The photo of the Pledge isn't mine, because I'm lazy and I had it in my camera roll already. Credit to them!
How do you spray your future? Just straight from the airbrush?
How do you spray your future? Just straight from the airbrush?
Clean the 'Future' off (ammonia works well) then continue with the sanding. You need to get it to the point that it is pretty much clear again before applying the top coat of Future. Because the Future is designed to 'self-strip' (as a floor finish), applying multiple coats in order to completely fill the sanding scratches can take a spell. If the sanding scratches are a significant depth compared to the Future film, the Future won't completely 'flow over' the marks. If you get a variety pack of wet sanding papers with at least as high as 600 grit, followed by plastic polish, then that should do it.
I have a set of micro mesh sanding pads that go down 24000 grit (IIRC) but I've also used the 'four grit' beauty salon nail "files" for similar results (as in, nearly completely clear without Future...)
Realizing that sanding is just a matter of using particles of a certain size to knock off the peaks while generating 'furrows' (scratches) of a matching size, then as you go through smaller and smaller 'grit' particles, the scratches also become progressively tinier until you reach the desired level of surface texture (from deep to shallow to microscopic, as it were.) That is why even plain paper can sometimes be used - the wood fibers may be harder than the material being abraded & so can act to 'smooth' the surface.
Anyway, for what it's worth.
Regards, Robert
I may do it that way a little more in the future...sorry!
You can apply it with a brush. Just put it on quickly and then leave it alone.
It's acrylic, so as long as your enamel is cured you won't have any compatibility issues.
I stopped gloss-coating silver years ago, because it always seems to dull the silver,
but Mr Mold Maker seems to be getting good results with Future, so I intend to give it a try someday.