EZLine

Well;

 You see that's a long story .When I was a little modeler I did the " Cutty Sark ". It looked the tracks into Grand Central station's rail map when I got done rigging it . Fuzzies and all . Oh , it wasn't the big one either !

 Now after trying many things , Stretched Sprue , E.Z.Line and various wire types and stuff  , I am back to my extra fine silken Embroidery Thread . I just am stuck on liking the way it works better .

 Yes , Knots are hard to tie , but when done , almost invisible !

not at all TB , I just like to know what is available , and what other model's use .

GMorrison

Oh, and a third- It falls apart on my older models.

Oh no! That's not happy news.

Steve5;

 I hope you and " G " will excuse me butting in here . Guys, I use extra fine Emroidery Thread instead of EZ line .Oh I have some , But , I went back to the old standby when as " G " said mine bonded to itself on the reel . My embroidery thread NEVER does that !

 What started the embroidery thread was the fact I had lots of it and occassionally I will use it to do " Satin ' style embroidery of life sized Bird photos . Then I didn't have thread to rig a model . Mine to the rescue . Works great run through bee's wax . ( does away with any fuzzies ) And it is still paintable .

that's interesting to know gmorrison , is there a descent product like it .?

steve5

That's why I stopped using it. Two other problems. It bonds to itself over time on the spool. It doesn't take CA well.

Oh, and a third- It falls apart on my older models.

Back to Uni Caenis mono.

To answer the question- it can be stripped into smaller somewhat more square strands.

If you're also talking about the clear thread, I've used a black marker to blacken it. I would think that black acrylic paint would be too thick and crack out if touched.

Jim  

I agree with Jeff. EZ-Line is like an itsy-bitsy ribbon.

I've dull-coated it with no issues, can't recall for sure if I painted it.

EZLine is somewhat flat so what you’re seeing is normal. I’ve never found that it needs darkening so I don’t know about painting it.