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    November 2005
Future Lesson
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 12:47 PM
I decided to seal my base paint with a coat (tamiya acrilics) of future before weathering. I mixed up a wash of tamiya paint and 90% alcohol. To my displeasure this wash caused the future coat to become milky or cloudy. Anyone learned this lesson before. Should I not have thined my wash with alcohol?
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    March 2003
  • From: Portugal
Posted by lito.sf on Monday, April 12, 2004 12:55 PM
did you wait 24-48 hrs to allow the future to cure? It is important.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 1:39 PM
I just recently started messing with future and I went to coat my clear parts (to cover a small scuff which worked) But In some spots the future formed a build-up. I had tried to avoid this by suspending the parts while they dried. Which worked to because the two parts that built up were in the middle and top area. So I went to remove the future after it had dried with windex like the complete future site suggested. After application and scrubbing. I then dried with a paper towel and the parts that the future hadn't come off of were milky and cloudy like Roman is talking about. I had to soak and scrub to get the clear parts clean again. Banged Head [banghead] Oh well. Wink [;)]
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    June 2003
  • From: Rowland Heights, California
Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, April 12, 2004 1:45 PM
Alcohol usually won't cause the Fututre to cloud up on it's own. But like lito mentioned, you need to wait 24-48 hours to be sure the Future cures.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 2:19 PM
I waited about 24 hrs if memory servers. I guess I'll have to allow more time in the future for Future.Smile [:)]
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    February 2003
  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Posted by Swanny on Monday, April 12, 2004 7:20 PM
The clouding is a reaction that can be cured with another coat of Future. It is most commonly seen in conjunction with setting solutions. Just let everything dry down then apply another coat of Future.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 10:10 AM
I did a little test...

I applied the same wash to an area where the future has had at least 4 day to cure and it still clouds up. Could it be my coat of future is too thick? I'm leaning towards not using furture for sealling coats.
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