Enamel Wash Help

I am suprised that no one replyed to your question.

Try this website: Tutorial - Applying enamel washes - Bing video.

I suggest that you experiment with using a wash on a scrap plastic model before using the wash on your real model. Last year I painted a model with Model Master Aluminum Metalizer which is a lacquer paint. After it dried I applied an enamel wash that I thined with Testors Enamel Thinner. To my horror, the enamel wash removed the lacquer paint???

Apparently Testors thinner and X-22 don't agree with each other.

Try using an acrylic clear coat. Future floor finish works well.

Bill

From all the washes that I have tried, its my opinion that its not so much your removal technique or what you're using to remove it.  Its the wash itself.  If you get any of the washes made by Flory Models, you won't have any more issues.  You just slop the stuff all over the model with a large brush, let it dry for about 30 minutes (even if you leave it on for days, months, or years it won't ruin your paint work)...then you just remove it with a sponge and/or q-tip dampened with plain old warm tap water.  You can apply it right over any kind of paint too, but I would recommend a clear coat to fill in the more porous finish of flat paints.  So much easier than all of the other complicated processes out there and I think the results are superior to the other methods.  Just my two cents.

The best advice I can give is to refer you to the Painting an Airbrushing forum down below.  There are some real finishing gurus there, and wash appliations have been a frequent topic lately.

Never use a solvent type wash over solvent type paint. You need an acrylic barrier coat like Future or Aquagloss. 
Metallic lacquer paints are very finicky so it's best to avoid solvent washes on them. Flory is very safe and easy to use and will do a great job at weathering and griming things out. 

plasticjunkie

Never use a solvent type wash over solvent type paint. You need an acrylic barrier coat like Future or Aquagloss. 
Metallic lacquer paints are very finicky so it's best to avoid solvent washes on them. Flory is very safe and easy to use and will do a great job at weathering and griming things out. 

 

What he said...

Test on a mule kit if unsure how they react.