Runs, Runs, Runs

BTW, I consider getting a good gloss paint job an exercise in brinkmanship.  You must put down a wet final coat.  The way I put it is, keep putting it on until just a moment before it runs.  How do you know before it runs?  Only way is experience.  I sanded out a lot of runs learning what it looks like at that point, and still occasionally miss it.  A good repositional lamp is essential.  Keep holding the model so that the surface you are painting makes a mirror reflection of the lamp- the brightness of that reflection is the main clue.  Even doing flats, seeing that reflection helps getting a good finish.  The flat will still have a reflective gloss when it is wet.

 LOL!

I thought this was going to be a thread about.......diarrhea. 

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Yep, I agree

I had some bad runs on a 1:32 scale F-80, in gloss black getting ready for Alclad.  Gloss paint runs more readily than flat.  The runs were so bad I had to go all the way down to wet sanding with 320 grit, whereas other minor flaws in finish succommed to 600.

Or strip and start over, depends where you are at in the process.

You haven't seen runs til you put them 6 inches apart the full length of a 28 foot motorhome, and for half the height of one side.  Looked like someone turned the ocean vertical

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