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  • Member since
    December 2007
Posted by AirApache345 on Friday, May 16, 2008 10:46 PM
I tried a bit of each method and had success with the wet sanding.  Thanks for the help fellas, its greatly appreciated
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  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Friday, May 16, 2008 10:17 AM

Try wet sanding it with water and a polishing stick. Use no pressure on the stick, just let it glide over the surface to knock down the high spots that are giving you the hazy look. Work in small sections, drying and checking your progress as you go.

I use this method to "gloss up" areas on flat painted surfaces to accept decals in lieu of glossing, decaling, flattening again. Whats the point of using a flat paint in the first place if you are going to gloss it over anyway? 

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Friday, May 16, 2008 9:17 AM

There's really no easy way to remove the flat coat without affecting the colour coats underneath.

One thing you might try if the haze isn't too bad is to hit it with a clear gloss coat. This has been suggested a few times previously and has been said to work in a number of cases.

What sort of aqueous flat clear did you use?

  • Member since
    December 2007
stripping aqueous flat clear
Posted by AirApache345 on Friday, May 16, 2008 9:12 AM
I airbrushed a coat of Aqueous flat clear over a plane painted Tamiya acrylic OD and neutral grey.  Instead of a clean flat finish I got a hazy whitish finish.  Is there any way to strip the Aqueous without affecting the underlying OD, or any other way to take care of the milky finish?  Thanks
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