Hi everyone,
just thought i would share something that i came across a while back.
I like using pastels to weather my models, but the only probelm is that you can't touch the model after applying them.
Until i discovered that once you have finished weathering with your pastels, give the model a quick coat of hair spray, let it dry & job done. All that pastel is fixed, no finger marks & no colour distorsion.
I have been using this for a while now, and i've had no adverse effects.

Any insight on brand? Any better than other, arisol vs. pump??

Hi Scott,
The arisols are better than pumps, and as to manufacture i've tried VO5, shockwaves,pantaine.
I dont think it really matters who makes them, they all do the same job. :-) :-) :-)

Is the finish of the hair spray matt?
Thanks

I've used hairspray to fix very light ground clutter and it's looked pretty flat. I think it'd look flat on the pastels, too.

Fabio
You can't get much flatter

Thanks for the tip sweatydogz. My wife does drawings with pastels and i had been using her spray fixative, which is not cheap. Hair spray has got to be a cheaper alternative and will also stop her complaining.