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                        Problem with "Future"

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Problem with "Future"
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:02 PM
                        In finishing my big German Leopold Railway Gun by Dragon, I used Tamiya gray acrylic which looked fine on the large "shell". I then used Future floor polish on the spots where the decals were to go on. I put on the decals on okay and then brushed on another Future coat over them to seal them....Then a day or so later, I used rattlecan Dullcoteto to get an overall flat coat...However, the shiny Future shows through! I put a lot of time in effort in on this huge project. So.....

                        How do I get an overall flat coat and eliminate the shiny spots caused by the Future? Thanks guys...
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                        Foster7155
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Pensacola, FL
                        Posted by Foster7155 on Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:09 PM
                        It's always better to coat the entire item with Future before applying decals and after if desired. Then, when the Dullcoat is applied, you have a consistent finish to work from.

                        You could recoat the entire item with Future and Dullcoat...it won't hurt anything...and the finish should look uniform once again.

                        Robert Foster

                        Pensacola Modeleers

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:33 PM
                        I have found that Poly S dullcoat works well. I too have had this problem and it seems that when I coat with future all over the model it becomes a lot less visiable.
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                        AH1Wsnake
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.
                        Posted by AH1Wsnake on Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:57 PM
                        Do you guys thin your Future at all, or spray it straight from the bottle?

                         

                        "There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
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                        Foster7155
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Pensacola, FL
                        Posted by Foster7155 on Sunday, February 20, 2005 5:32 PM
                        Straight...no thinning is needed or desirable.

                        Robert Foster

                        Pensacola Modeleers

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:11 PM
                        Thanks, Foster and guys...I was wondering if I should Future the entire shell again , not just the spots where the decals go, and then flat-coat, but I wasn't sure...now I know.

                        . Seems like that's the answer to my problem...and finding out I don't have to thin it is also a big help....Again, thanks from an old WW II infantryman! (I was in Pacific so didn't have to face any of those German Railway guns like the poor devils at Anzio!)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 12:18 AM
                        Glad you got help bill... and thank you for what you did.
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