Oil Wash over Acrylic Paint

Just to add to Ross' comments, you let the wash seep into the recessed panel lines and edges. This 'pops' out the details. For example, a grill on a tank or seams of an airplane.

I also dull coat after the wash, this even out the different 'shine' that each medium gives and tie them together better.

Waste Land wrote:

Can anyone explain what an oil wash is? I searched but usually just came up with specifics about it. Not a simple definition

Oil wash: A weathering technique in which artist's oil paint is thinned with a large quantity of thinner and applied to a model. The wash generally has the viscosity of water. Best thinner is odorless mineral spirits. 

gpal wrote:

Ross, Do you clear coat (dull) after you do your weathering as well? George

Yes. Maybe I'm overzealous, but I clear-coat after each weathering process. Partially this is to protect the model while it sits for months on the bench, waiting for me to get back to it… But it is also to protect one weathering pass from the next.

Ross,

Do you clear coat (dull) after you do your weathering as well?

George 

Thank you so much for your help.

George 

I usually put the wash on after decaling, as the decal needs to be weathered the same as the rest of the model, otherwise they will look too bright.

Hello,

After painting and you clear coat with future do you put on the decals and the oil wash before clear coating for the last time? Or do you clear coat and apply decals,then clear coat again,do the oil wash and clear coat for the last time?

George 

Would regular mineral spirits work from the home supply center?

Thanks George