Dulling after Future

Thanks for the replies. I dropped by the hobby store today and they said one word. Humidity. What they are saying is that in this hot and humid weather, the moisture gets trapped when I sprayed the dull-coat and created the hazy/frosted appearance. I had sprayed the model outside so as to avoid any fumes. Live and learn. Of course I couldn't just go to the hobby shop and ask a question, I had to walk out with a new model to build...

mak,

The only thing I can think of is allowing the future to dry in direct sunlight, let me weave you a tale of woe...when I was in OCS in 89, we had just completed one of the tac problems, that afternoon we had an inspection. Needless to say, there was not enough time to prep, so we all listened to one of the platoon members about the wonders of future and how it would make our boots shine. This is all well and good for an indoor inspection, but on the grinder at Quantico in mid July, things went terribly awry. There were 45 sets (90 boots total) that looked like they had been oversprayed with white paint. The sun and heat crazed the finish. Needless to say we all got into heap big trouble for cutting corners. Know this is a long way around to possibly providing an explanation, but its the only time I have ever had future craze on me. Hope it helps.

I'm sorry, I don't know what happened but before you write the model off pick up some sandpaper (400, 600, 800 and maybe even finer) and see if you can salvage the model. You can find them at auto parts stores or hardware stores. Try wet sanding the runs a bit and see if you can smooth it out. Once you figure out how to correct the dull-coat application you may still be able to salvage the model.

Just a few things to consider. Make sure that it is wet/dry sandpaper and soak it for at least 5 minutes or more before using it. Keep the surface of the model wet as well and make sure you don't use a lot of pressure. Most of the time just running the sandpaper back and forth over the surface is good enough. All you want to do is level the surface, not take a lot of material off. Hope some of this helps you and good luck.

Ray