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  • Member since
    October 2019
Shallow panel lines
Posted by starwarsdude on Friday, November 29, 2019 1:54 PM

I apply the wash to the gloss-coated surface with the intent to fill the panel lines. The crevices/trenches are too shallow for capillary action to work well.

When I try to wipe off the wash on the surface, the wash in the crevice comes off too. 

Is there an easy technique beyond just being very very careful when removing the surface wash? I tried a thin paintbrush but it is too hard to only wash the crevice.

Help! :)

Tags: detailing , panel , Wash
  • Member since
    July 2018
  • From: The Deep Woods
Posted by Tickmagnet on Friday, November 29, 2019 3:11 PM

Let the wash dry well, that makes it harder to remove what's in the panel line. Use a damp not soaked paper towel to remove the wash and you can use damp qtips in tight areas. Make sure you use light strokes across the panel lines not with the panel lines, and it may take several passes, just don't scrub. I have no idea what media you are using but this is how I do it with pastel washes.

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2013
Posted by tomwatkins45 on Saturday, November 30, 2019 7:15 AM

I agree with everything that Tickmagnet suggested. Usually that is sufficent, but occassionally I've had to deepen the lines by very lightly pulling a scriber along them. One or at most two light passes will do it.

Tom

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, November 30, 2019 8:18 AM

Some folks enhance panel lines with a sharp pencil.

Also, I think panel lines are often overdone.  On a painted plane, the panel lines only really show that much when the plane is quite old and weathered. If it is a painted finish, and no or only lightly weathered, it may look funny with too noticable panel lines.  Panel lines around removable panels are fine on any aircraft, though.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    October 2019
Posted by starwarsdude on Friday, December 6, 2019 1:37 PM
Yeah I will wait longer. I use both Vallejo acrylic and Citadel oil wash.
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