Future Floor Polish?

I had a lot of trouble getting a good finish while airbrushing future until someone told me about using high pressure. I now use 40psi and it works great.

Paccardi, you should get yourself an airbrush. I have used most of testors brand airbrushes and they are pretty good. plus they are inexpensive. the bottled air cans get pretty expensive but airbrush compressors really aren't that expensive (less than $100). it doesn't take that much time to learn to use them pretty well.

I always hand brush future. I use a soft flat 1/2" brush (made by Humbrol). Decant the future into a film canister, which is secured to a base, with double sided tape, (anything will do, just to stop you knocking it over). Dip the brush into the future, the important bit is to scrape most of the future off, on the edge of the film canister, now you see why it needs securing to a base. The amount on the brush will cover about 1/2-2/3 of the wing of a 1/48 scale P47. Future (Klear in the UK) is self levelling, all you have to do to achieve a flawless finish is to take your time. be carefull at edges and detail, the Future will tend to pool but just soak it up with the brush, like blotting paper. If you have just loaded the brush with Future, then dry it off a bit first (so theres room to soak up the pooled stuff), on a paper towel.
Take a look here at my Tamiya Dewoitine D.520, it was hand painted with Future, here:

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Mal
PS I have found that to air brush Future you need high pressure

x_ryu_x Future needs no thinner, the only things you want to add to Future is Tamiya Flat base to lower the gloss i.e Semi-Gloss or a colour for maybe tinting the F-16 cockpit.

Hope this helps

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Originally posted by Jugman

I prefer to airbrush Future, but I do use manual brushing on small parts like canopies. Hand brushing a large area might in fact produce the lumpy, uneven finish you fear - it might work with a flat, broad brush. Experiment on the INSIDE of a fuselage. Good luck!

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