Cat Hair in my Paint!!!! Help!!

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Cat Hair in my Paint!!!! Help!!

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 2, 2004 11:28 PM

Ok, I know that a lot of you have cats (especially you Swanny, I saw your profile buddy, I know you have 3!!) I have 2 cats....they are not allowed into my model room at all (which is a full spare bedroom). I use a paint booth when painting, with an exhaust fan pumping the fumes outside. My problem is that no matter what I do, I still end up with cat hair, or even my own arm hair in the paint!!! I do put those plastic containers over the models while they are drying, but I notice the hair in the paint before I do. Should I just pick the hair out while it is wet?? Or just wait until it's dry, and then sand it out??!! And NO, getting rid of the cats is NOT an option!!!! LOL Tongue [:P]

Thanks in advance!!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 2:05 PM

i know when using usual house paint you can strain it quite easily using a womans stocking stretched over a new container. easily disposable, instead of using mesh screens that need cleaning.

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 2:12 PM

Geez, I wish I had an answer. I've got the same problem.

Generally, I take the hair out while the paint is still wet, sand it a bit after it has dried, and then touch up what needs to be touched up.

I'm using decal setting and solvent solutions for the first time on my current model. That just means that I can see the cat hair stuck under the decal much better now. Banged Head [banghead]

Oh well.

Regards,

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 3:41 PM

Theres an easy fix to this problem.
2 actually.
1. shave the cat.
2. decide what color your going to paint your kit, then paint the cat the same color so the hair blends in better.
Evil [}:)]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 6:51 PM

You just need to revise your subject matter to incorporate the cat hair.

You can build A/C, armor, autos, ships--just limit them to Wild Cats, Tom Cats, Hell Cats; Tigers, Panthers; Cougars, Jaguars; Cat-a-marans, Cat Boats, etc.

Approve [^]

Why, you could point out that they have authentic natural accessories!

Actually, since I have 4 cats that are always into everything, I've had to set up better air draft circulation and exhaust systems for airbrushing and go through a process that's akin to going through a decontamination room. Even then it's not all that successful.

"Should we prosper it shall be as is our custom...by Miracle!"

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:16 AM

OK, maybe I just got lucky. Same problem here, more cat hair in the atmosphere than there is air. Sitting here this morning looking at a Corsair I painted yesterday and noticed a great big cat hair in the paint. Called the cat a couple of names, got some more coffee and glared at it a minute or two. Finally just rubbed it and the hair popped out. Rubbed it a little bit more (my hands are so dry they are about like 200 grit sandpaper) and the mark smoothed over. Maybe I got lucky, but that one is gone anyway. Now I know to only get cat hair in the paint during the winter months when my skin is real dry! Big Smile [:D]

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Sunday, February 15, 2004 10:06 AM

Heath,

Take a piece of masking tape and fold it over itself into a maybe a 1" circle like you would to hold a picture to a wall only a little bigger. Then hold it in your fingers and lightly touch the cat hair, picking it out with the sticky side of the tape. It may leave a slight mark from the tape touching the wet paint but it will be easier to touch up than it will if you wait for it to dry and then sand it.

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:10 PM

Good one Mike, I'll have to give that a shot...though I'm sure the cats will miss the funny site of my squinting, not breathing, trying to get that last hair with a pair of tweezers!!! Wink [;)]

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