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Problem with PollyScale flat finish.

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  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: Latvia, EU
Posted by Grahor on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:14 AM

I thought I've diluted it pretty thin, but I'll try to dilute it more, and to strain it.

 I've bought it couple of months ago. Don't know how long it was in the shop, though.

Hmmm... The only mention of year I've found on the bottle was "2000". 7 years old? Okay, looks like I've been had a bit. :) Better find a new bottle.

  • Member since
    January 2006
Posted by cytorg on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:04 PM
I just used the pollyScale flat on my Bismarck hull and I diluted 1:1 with distilled water and it worked great.  I sprayed it on just as Triarius said, thin coats at about 20 psi.
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:08 PM

What you're getting looks like a combination of dusting and flocculation—a $10 word (convert to pounds on your own…Laugh [(-D]) for microscopic clumping.

You need to do two things:

Dilute the paint a lot more—nearly 50 percent—to the consistency of 2 percent milk.

Strain the paint through a fine mesh screen to remove the clumps. If you have an electric stirrer, that may help, but you still need to strain it after stirring.

It works best sprayed in light coats at a higher pressure, say 15 to 20 psi. 

You didn't mention how old the paint was. Clear flats have a shorter shelf life than anything except metallics. 

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: Latvia, EU
Problem with PollyScale flat finish.
Posted by Grahor on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:26 PM

Greetings. I've tried my Polly Scale flat finish for the first time, and I've got the following problem: it dries as "whitish opacue finish" instead of clean flat finish. Here's the example:

 

 As you see, it looks like a lot of white "dust". My thumbs on the larger boat show the color that SHOULD be there, and black parts should be completely black. I've tried both airbrush it and brush it, with the same result, only brushed finish gives even more "dust". I'm adding a bit of distilled water to finish.

Gloss finish from polly scale, which I've bought at the same time, works perfectly.

Can anyone said what's the problem and how to solve it, or should I just throw the bottle away and buy something else? The problem is, there is no matt finish in our one and only hobby shop, and I kind of don't want to buy one tiny bottle from abroad, shipment would be five time price of the bottle... :)

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