Help needed washing

My feelings are to use a barrier before the washes.

Acrylic clear is a good one because it's pretty impervious to anything except ammonia or (shudder) lacquer thinner.

Water thinned washes don't work very well.

I use oil paint thinned with turpentine or (preferred) turpenoid.

I've noticed you also had a posting about future clear, so it seems you are doing the correct steps for prep work.

Never tried this particular brand of wash myself, so did a search on youtube - and the liquid does look thick!  There was also a comment left stating these need to be thinned to work better.  Here's the kicker, they suggest Testor's acrylic thinner, yet the bottle is labeled that these are enamel washes? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEc6AEV4Aw4

regards,

Jack

Thanks guy,

I am using a clear coat first i have a dummy plane that i use for experiments so i guess ill just keep trying.

Thanks

so by super thinning it down i got it to run down the panel lines but still having trouble getting it to circle bolt heads and so on.

Just slap the wash on and let it sit for a few minutes then carefully wipe away. Only do this with a Future or other acrylic clear gloss coat used as a barrier. You can also thin the washes you mentioned but I'm not familiar with them.

Buy yourself an economical artist oil paint set at any art supply store to make your own washes with enamel thinner. I bought a set made by Reeve's for under $14 in Hobby Lobby (don't know if you have them in Canada). It has about 25 paint tubes and it lasts years.

You must let the wash dry a little after application. I didn't and it wicked out of the panel lines, etc.

I wonder if your washes are too thick.  It sounds like you are doing pin washes.  If I make my pin washes thin enough, I do not need to wipe them off- they only build up enough opacity to be visible in the panel lines and recessed detail.  They should like more like dirty thinner than like paint.