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How to apply washes to natural metal parts?

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  • Member since
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  • From: the redlands Fl
Posted by crown r n7 on Monday, September 7, 2015 7:53 PM
I agree with you both (plastic junkie and chrisk-k) that's what I use with no droplets on metallic finishes.

 

 

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Monday, September 7, 2015 5:59 PM

MonsterZero

The wash would form droplets that just sat there, but they would not flow along the details...

What wash do you use?  Oil or enamel washes hardly form droplets because of their low surface tension.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, September 7, 2015 4:45 PM

I find that artist oil paint diluted in Turp flows very well on all sharp details. Make certain that if your metallic paint is not acrylic then you need an acrylic gloss barrier to protect the paint. The gloss will aid in flowing along the details.

If you were using an acrylic wash then a drop or two of dishwashing soap helps in breaking the surface tension of the wash.

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Posted by crown r n7 on Monday, September 7, 2015 1:56 PM

what did you use as a wash?

 

 

 Nick.

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How to apply washes to natural metal parts?
Posted by MonsterZero on Monday, September 7, 2015 11:36 AM

My F-100 Super Sabre model has many parts painted with metal paints, such as landing gear doors. I would like to apply some dark washes and weathering to them so they don't look like parts of a toy.

I had problems in the past where I tried to add a dark wash or a dark tint to such a part and the wash would just not flow properly on a surface painted natural metal. The wash would form droplets that just sat there, but they would not flow along the details...

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