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Does Testors Paint Thinner Eat Thru Future Floor Wax?

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Does Testors Paint Thinner Eat Thru Future Floor Wax?
Posted by jhawk on Sunday, February 13, 2011 8:21 AM

I'm in the final stages of painting a Hasegawa 1\48 P-38.  It's not a great kit and it's been a tough build.  I've gone with an olive drab\neutral grey paint scheme (enamal paint).  After letting the base coat dry, I airbrushed a coat of Future floor wax and let it dry for a couple of days.  I then applied decals and a pin wash (Model Master enamal paint with Testors paint thinnner). 

When I went to remove the pin wash overflow with a damp paintbrush (Testors Paint Thinner) something odd happened:  The overflow came off like I wanted but I think some of the wax did too.  Lightly dragging the brush over the pin wash overflow caused a milky streaking to occur.  This only happened on the olive drab paint, not the neutral grey paint.

I've never had Testors paint thinner eat thru Future wax before.  Any idea what's going on?  I'm wondering if another coat of Future will help.  But, it's also kind of a neat effect...looks like weathering...so maybe I'll just work with it.  But, I would like to know what when wrong.  Thanks in advance.

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  • From: Truro Nova Scotia, Canada
Posted by SuppressionFire on Sunday, February 13, 2011 8:34 AM

Next time spray the Future on thicker or brush it on!

Sounds like the Future was not a solid gloss layer.

Remember it is a acrylic gloss coat that is durable. Not a 'wax' Its original intent (as per bottle directions) Is a gloss coat for household floors.

When using a enamel thinner over it work fast and lightly. Its always a risky technique and to take all doubt out of the equation use acrylic base coats then you will not need the gloss layer of Future.

Work with the streaking (lucky you pulled the wash in the direction of air flow) And chalk it up to experience.

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  • Member since
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Posted by jhawk on Monday, February 14, 2011 12:31 PM

Thanks for the reply.  I went ahead and incorporated the Future damage into the weathering.  Looks pretty good, but not exactly as I wanted.  Oh well...experience.  I generally don't like to use water based paints as I've not had much luck with them:  Dry too quickly, clog the airbrush, etc.  I'll have to play around with them to get the thinner\paint mixture correct at  some point.  I just like enamels better.  Thanks again for your help.

  • Member since
    January 2011
Posted by stymye on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:15 PM

Future is an acrylic ()polymer)  not a"wax"

water based" paints are acrylic (polymer) based..not water paints.

alot of manufactures call them "water based" because it sounds so harmless and clean and sells product.

water cleanup --yes.....water based-no

knowing these 2 things will clear up confusion on what works and what doesn't work so well.,especially when it comes to thinning

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:31 PM

I'll Ditto SuppressionFire on this one, sounds like there was not a thick enough coat of Future laid down. If you're airbrushing and afraid of having it run, just add a second coat.

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