Future & Fingerprints?

Why can't you help getting fingerprints on your paint job? Sounds as if you need to devise some sort of mounting/holding/rotating system to remotely hold your kit while you paint it. You can use everything from a clothes-hanger to clay-on-a-stick to a lazy susan to accomplish paint jobs that won't have to be touched.

To answer your question, Future over your fingerprinted paint job should give you a perfectly preserved fingerprint.

Vinny,
Let us know where the problem is, and maybe we can come up with a solution to help you! That's why we're here....

Gip Winecoff

It’s flat dark green on a Japanese WWI Fighter – “Raiden”. The paint is dry, but it's the oil on my hand that just keeps getting on the paint. So, its not a paint impression, but rather an oil mark on the flat paint that's noticeable from certain angles, depending on the lighting source. No matter how hard I try to keep my hands clean with alcohol and washing them, eventually its just keeps happening.

Will simple oil fingerprints (not paint impressions) cause a problem?

I'll probably just try the cotton glove route, after I touch up the fingerprints with another light coat of dark green, because there really is no other way to hold the model, which I can think of. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

QUOTE: Originally posted by styrene Why can't you help getting fingerprints on your paint job? Sounds as if you need to devise some sort of mounting/holding/rotating system to remotely hold your kit while you paint it. You can use everything from a clothes-hanger to clay-on-a-stick to a lazy susan to accomplish paint jobs that won't have to be touched. To answer your question, Future over your fingerprinted paint job should give you a perfectly preserved fingerprint. Vinny, Let us know where the problem is, and maybe we can come up with a solution to help you! That's why we're here.... Gip Winecoff

with me i have a clothes hanger bent to shape then attached to a pottery wheel

QUOTE: Originally posted by Porscheman with me i have a clothes hanger bent to shape then attached to a pottery wheel I guess you have to figure our creative ways to mount the model with the hanger without damaging the finish. If a hanger touched my acrylic finish it would scrape the hell out of the paint job. -Vinny My Website Macross Group Build Reply Archer1 Member since December 2002 Posted by Archer1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:39 AM vin - If the paint is dry, and I mean DRY, you should be able to wipe off the oily finger prints with soapy water or alcohol. Painting or "Futuring" over skin oil is generally not a good think to do, if you're looking for a good finish. If this is a recurring problem, you might want to pick up a box a disposable latex examination groves at the drug store and use those when finishing. I always wear a pair when spraying, either from a paint can or air brushing. Archer out. Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:20 PM I would opt for latex gloves over cotton or cloth gloves any day and use them regularly while painting. Cloth could leave various things behind on the finish....Also Latex gloves allow better feeling for whatever your doing, almost like having no gloves on at all. Where as some cloth/cotton gloves can be rather thick and bulky. One other thing that might help with latex gloves....is I can fit a Large but I buy XL's why becuase when I put on XL's they aren't super tight, and wont leave finger print impressions on a paint job you think is dry(the voice of experience here)...So buy a size larger than what you might normally wear. Reply Edit thevinman Member since December 2003 From: CT - USA Posted by thevinman on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:47 PM Thanks for all the tips guys! If there are any more, keep 'em coming! -Vinny My Website Macross Group Build Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:45 PM Latex gloves, all the way. Nitrile (green, latex-free) are more comfortable, though also more expensive. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:26 PM Yeah for those who dont know Nitrile gloves come in all sorts of pretty colors and are for those who are allergic to latex....and as sham said cost a bit more. Reply Edit MikeV Member since April 2003 From: Hayward, CA Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:59 PM Chris, Some people are allergic to Nitrile too. I like the Nitrile gloves better myself. I buy them at the Harbor Freight tool store near me. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44946 Mike “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon Reply JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy