This may be old news for some and I've had this stuff for a while now but never said anything about it because I didn't get to try it out until recently.
While looking for a option for replicating that mirrored chrome look, I came upon this stuff called Kosutte Gin-san (sun). Apparently it's sort of powdered metal in possible a wax base? Not sure but it doesn't feel waxy at all.
This is the stuff:
The instructions tell you to apply to over a coat of gloss black, much like Alclad II or SNJ would suggest. However for my test I just applied it directly to this figure.
This stuff is as fine as baby powder if not finer. As a safety procaution and as the instructions tell you, I worn gloves and a mask.
It adheres REALLY quickly to any and everything but the results were quite amazing.
The original figure is of course on the right. This was a really fast test so I didn't buff it an extremely long amount of time.
Not only could I see the reflection of the figure next to the polished figure but I could also see myself and the rest of the room. See above.
Afterwards, out of habit I let it sit to 'dry' even though it's not anything that requires that. As long as I had the gloves on it was a flawless shine. I even buffed a little more into it and it just made it brighter and hardly uses much of the stuff.
However, if I touched it with my bare hands it started to streak and come off slightly, a good washing with a common dish soap and the majority of it was gone. It just left a slight hue of silver on the black. I'm going to test it on some stuff I'll be painting soon to see how well it adheres following the directions completely.
Clean up was really easy but it also gets on and darkens everything. Need to wash my shirt since I got a little on me. >.<
Overall I was quite impressed.
Ryu
While looking for a option for replicating that mirrored chrome look, I came upon this stuff called Kosutte Gin-san (sun). Apparently it's sort of powdered metal in possible a wax base? Not sure but it doesn't feel waxy at all.
This is the stuff:
The instructions tell you to apply to over a coat of gloss black, much like Alclad II or SNJ would suggest. However for my test I just applied it directly to this figure.
This stuff is as fine as baby powder if not finer. As a safety procaution and as the instructions tell you, I worn gloves and a mask.
It adheres REALLY quickly to any and everything but the results were quite amazing.
The original figure is of course on the right. This was a really fast test so I didn't buff it an extremely long amount of time.
Not only could I see the reflection of the figure next to the polished figure but I could also see myself and the rest of the room. See above.
Afterwards, out of habit I let it sit to 'dry' even though it's not anything that requires that. As long as I had the gloves on it was a flawless shine. I even buffed a little more into it and it just made it brighter and hardly uses much of the stuff.
However, if I touched it with my bare hands it started to streak and come off slightly, a good washing with a common dish soap and the majority of it was gone. It just left a slight hue of silver on the black. I'm going to test it on some stuff I'll be painting soon to see how well it adheres following the directions completely.
Clean up was really easy but it also gets on and darkens everything. Need to wash my shirt since I got a little on me. >.<
Overall I was quite impressed.
Ryu
