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                        Floquil......lacquer or enamel?

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Floquil......lacquer or enamel?
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:29 PM
                        I have asked about Floquil being lacquer based in the past on this forum and have never gotten an answer as to when they changed the thinner base of these paints so I emailed Testors to ask them about it.
                        Here is the answer I received and I thought some of you might be interested in this bit of trivia. Big Smile [:D]

                        QUOTE: Hi Mike,

                        Thank you for your inquiry. I will try to answer your question
                        regarding the Floquil paints.

                        Under the previous organization Floquil was a lacquer based paint.
                        However about 8-9 years ago the Floquil brand was consolidated with
                        Testor under a reorganization plan initiated by our parent company RPM.
                        (RPM owned both Testor and Floquil). When this occurred production of
                        Floquil paint was phased into the Testor product line. It was at this
                        point (about 7 yrs. ago) that Floquil was re-formulated to an enamel
                        based paint.

                        Floquil is now currently either enamel or acrylic (Polly-Scale) based
                        paints.

                        If you have any other questions or comments please let me know.

                        Mike Butterworth
                        Testor Corporation
                        440 Blackhawk Park Ave.
                        Rockford, IL 61104


                        So there you have it. Floquil was changed to an enamel based paint about 7 years ago and is no longer lacquer based.

                        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 Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:48 PM
                        we live and learn. thanks for sharing, mike Smile [:)]
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:56 PM
                        I wish the primer was still lacquer based as it had more "bite" to it, but it is still good enough I think.

                        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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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:25 PM
                        Which is why you no longer need Diosol as a thinner or to spray Barrier before you used the primer. The older Floquil was great paint, but was really hot. More intended for use on metal, not styrene. However, the now discontinued Floquil Military colors were always enamel.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:26 PM
                        Thats good to know, Mike. I don't use a lot of enamel and very seldom use laquer. Sometimes enamel is just the way to go though, so I do use a little bit.

                        I am going to start using a lot more PolyScale acrylics though. My F-4E has Tamiya gray on the bottom, Model Master green (two shades) and PolyScale brown on top. Of all 3 brands (4 colors) the PS painted much, MUCH better than the others.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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