Lasts a day or two at most. Maybe more if you have a tight fitting lid. I use glass baby food jars (I have a 10 month old), but have used airbrush bottles before (depending on the model, paasche used to give you this big ol' supertanker paint bottle when you bought the VL set. I still have one of those lying around (the bottle, not the VL)
Yes, Future is the best gloss coat I have ever used, period! Tough, self-leveling, airbrushes without thinning, can be used to thin other paints, cleans up with windex, I love the stuff. It does so many things, you'd think it was an Acme product being peddled by some guy out of the back of a wagon, but I swear by it.
For dullcoating afterwards, skip the MM. I use a product called JW's right step. It is a waterbased acrylic matte coat, thin it 50% with water, airbrushes beautifully, clear as glass, no yellowing I can see, and tough too! Michaels carries it, can be hard to find. Usually in the aisle with paint brushes, near the brush cleaners and misc chemicals. Best part, $6.99 for 8 oz! Thinned properly, this should last years!
Chris
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