After destroying a finish on a very expensive 1/32 F-104, I had to strip it to the bone, reprime/repaint. No probs there...just a hell of a lot of work. Argh.
Then...lacquering/weathering. I sprayed first, PFM (which just seems way too watery...not like the older stuff of about 10 years ago...) let that dry for 24...decided I didn't like the so-called "gloss" finish; so I spray bombed Testors gloss in thin coats over that. So far so good. 24 hours later...I used a sludge wash; 1 hour later, another over that and let that coat dry another hour.
Took the damp paper towel to it...nothing. The sludge would not budge. I almost literally dropped a 22lb sledge on the model...(I was so pissed off.) This had now taken twice the time and effort to rebuild/redo. Once again...I had to use 99% IA to get the wash off. You know what that did to the lacquer. (And some of the decaling.)
Here's what I think I did wrong. (Again).
I did not allow at least 48 hours for the Testors gloss to completely dry/cure. OR, using PFM under the Testors gloss.
Anybody ever experience this or something similar? What am I doing wrong that a simple sludge wash didn't work?
Thanks a lot for insights and opinions!