Doing the wash..HELP!!!!

Rough time James.
It is always better to seal the base coat with dull-cote before placing your wash on. This will prevent what happened.
As far as repair, you may have no choice but to re-paint the areas.

There are some things you should take into account:

Before applying the wash, make sure you have a gloss surface, there are many ways to obtain this: gloss coat, future, clear top coat gloss... Never wash on a flat surface! (here I dissagree with the post above) the dull coat finish will be instantly stained by the wash and you won´t be able to clean it.

Use different paints for top coat and wash. This is to avoid reaction (dilution). If you used light desert tan enamel you should use oil paints or acrylics for the wash. Use of course the appropriate thinner to remove the wash excess.

If for any reason you want to use both top coat and wash color enamel or acrylics then seal the top coat with future (maybe two hands). If you're using both acrylics don't clean the wash excess with acrylics thinner (it will dissolve the future and ruin your base color too), use water instead.

I use both enamels and acrylics for top coat and only acrylcs for washing using the sludge wash technique.

Good Luck

James,

Sounds like the thinner in the wash bit the base coat. Was it enamel? I use acrylics for the bas and then oils or thinned acrylics for the wash. This was there is no reaction of the thinner with the base.

Either wait an inordinate amount of time for the paint to dry and cure before doing your wash.

Or switch wash recipies and use a thinned out(water) acrylic over the enamel.

Or do the Future trick and then apply the wash, then Dull Coat that. Any sheen remaining can be knocked down with the dry brushing and pastels. While it won't knock it all down it will take care of some of it.

Mike

Thanks for the help fellas.

Their are such things as happy accidents that occur some times.

I started dry brushing over the wash where it ran out of the corners and on to the panels.
Now it looks heavly worn in service.

I think if I dry brush a little more in the fine areas,lay on the dullcote and pastels and place some stoage statigicly over the really botched spots,it just might be o.k.

Making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. At a go James.

Bill Mauldin used to say he learned how to make a cartoon out of a mistake. His advice was to never correct a mistake, but to make something productive out of it. Sounds like you found a solution. Good for you! - Ed

Yahooo...I'm not the only one!
Base-coated (enamel) my BMP-2 and put the wash (acrylic) on.
Realized I hadn't gloss coated after the base coat
Now I am gonna try James' method

Hmmm.... seems to be a pattern here.

I think I'm going to continue to avoid using a wash.