Correcting a Bad Coat of Future

AHA , Mike :

    I always wondered about that . I have used the stuff on and off with mixed results .When I put it on my latest two aircraft to do decals it came out darned near the same texture as the paint and the same semi- gloss !

     Changed the air pressure and tried again with it straight from the bottle . Same results . It is now used on the floors !

Silver

The best thing is not to use Future at all.Enamel or acrylic glosses dry harder and have better quality chemicals

Silver

To repair Future is often impossible w/out damaging the work behind it.Golss no spar varnish out shines anything when fully cured in a dust free dry environment.It dries hard and last for many years.I seal my metal finish w/gloss varnish then eight years later it looks the same like it was done an hour ago.also Future holds finger prints real good...

First of all, Future is an acrylic and it does dry very hard (it is, after all, designed to be walked on!).  Second, how would you have any idea about the "quality" of the chemicals?

Future is super easy to repair (smooth out, remove finger prints, etc): wet sand using Micromesh (or similar) from about 3200 grit working your way up to finer grades, then use a soft cotton rag for the final buff. 

I have airliners that are over ten years old finished in Future and they look perfect to this day...

Silver

To repair Future is often impossible w/out damaging the work behind it.

Well... you do *walk* on floors with shoes but most of us don't walk on our models... the point here is that someone asked for advice on how to use Future and some of us who have learned to use it to great effect are trying to help in that regard... therefore, likewise, if you don't want to use it then don't!

OK, let's keep it civil.

The thread is about fixing an issue with Pledge FloorCare Multi-Surface Finish (what was once Future). Saying and repeating that you don't use it and why you don't use it isn't conducive to the conversation.

Snark isn't conducive either.

It seems that Adam has figured out a solution, and is working on the orange peel in the meantime. If you don't have a suggestion for correcting a problem after using PFM, please move on to another topic.

Tim