I swear I search through old posts, but I can't seem to find the answers, so I apologize if this is something that has been answered before...

A few days ago I airbrushed future, with no problems. I read that quite a few brush it on, so after applying the decals, I thought I would try this quicker and easier method. I tried to go fairly light with the brushing, but notice now that there are some puddles. Is there anyway to get rid of them once it dries?

Thanks again.

Household ammonia will remove the Future. Not too sure what it will do to the decals or rest of the model though.
Try it on one of those inconspicuous places first and use it very sparingly.

:-) This is my article on hand brushing Future The Future is klear Ammonia or Isopropynol will remove Future, but if you do it now you will remove all layers, including the decals. That is unless you do it carefully in the localised areas of the pooling. You then run the risk of creating a real mess. How bad are the puddles? Try re-creating the same affect on a scrap piece of plastic, then see what happens when you try and remove it. I hope all goes well.
Mal

Hi there

Another approach worth trying on some scrap is to very gently sand the puddle away with a nail-buffer.

You need to work carefully and check your progress constantly to avoid sanding right through to the paint underneath, but I used this trick successfully a couple of times.

Hope this helps

Rowan

I dont know how bad this will hurt your raised detail, but here's a blasphemous Hail mary thought:
try "hiding" the puddles by building up a little DullCote around them?

Sorry to hear about the mess, I've had good luck with Future (straight from the bottle)
Firemann816

Instead of screwing it up any more. I think I am just going to put on a coat of dull and see what the results are. I am definately still in the beginning / mistake / learning phase of modeling, so it is just one of many things to learn from this go around.

Thanks for all the help and advice.

Hopefully we'll never quit learning from our mistakes.
However,
If you can learn from mine, you'll save yourself a lot of frustration.
But I only learn 'the hard way'
Keep with it, b/c your overall skills will progress from the full exercise.

Whats your subject?
-Firemann816

Well I just did the dull coat; the results don't completely hide the puddles, but it is a vast improvement and give me a good feeling about the model again. It has been an up and down ride, but probably my best yet.

Stick with it and post us some pics!!!!

Dont give up, we all find a few spots we would have done differently

One tip I just learned the hardway
Testors means it when they say for their Metalizers to only be applied by spraying.
I brushed some on, and it looks okay, but I bet it would look very nice if I had sprayed it but didnt feel likegetting the AB/Comp out etc for just two exhaust nozzles that i badly wanted to cement in place and move on.
Spray it, trust me...

Keep it up
Firemann816