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Recommended hair spray for chipping
GregCopplin
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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 06:55 AM UTC
Hi, is there a recommended hairspray that you use to do the chipping effect on your builds, is there a specific brand or a cheap brand you guys like to use ?
Tank1812
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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 07:11 AM UTC
I find TRESemme' Ultra Fine works and have not tried others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCHVn47E6LA
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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 10:29 AM UTC
Just use your wife's brand when she's not looking!
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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 11:48 AM UTC

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I find TRESemme' Ultra Fine works and have not tried others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCHVn47E6LA



I use the TRESemme medium hold (#3 maybe?).



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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 12:35 PM UTC
Aquanet Pink Can

All those hair bands from the 80's cant be wrong.
GregCopplin
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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 01:46 PM UTC
Wow thanks for the response guys. Yeah don’t think my wife will be happy with me if i use her hairspray. I told her i want to try this method so I’m probably going to look around the PX for a cheap aerosol hairspray can. I always thought that any brand would be fine, but i may go with the tresemme
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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 03:06 PM UTC
I just tried it for the first time on the last model I completed, the Revell MAN 5 Ton truck I completed for the Logistics World campaign.

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Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 - 10:32 PM UTC

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Wow thanks for the response guys. Yeah don’t think my wife will be happy with me if i use her hairspray. I told her i want to try this method so I’m probably going to look around the PX for a cheap aerosol hairspray can. I always thought that any brand would be fine, but i may go with the tresemme


I don't mean to be a "Butt-in-ski", but my Mom had a saying which I found to be true in a lot of cases all through my life:

"Cheap is expensive...", meaning that when one "skimps on the recipe", one finds that they have to do it all over again because of using an inferior product that won't do the job...

In other words, spend that extra 95-cents and get that better-quality hairspray for your "chipping-effects"...
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 02:19 AM UTC

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Wow thanks for the response guys. Yeah don’t think my wife will be happy with me if i use her hairspray. I told her i want to try this method so I’m probably going to look around the PX for a cheap aerosol hairspray can. I always thought that any brand would be fine, but i may go with the tresemme


I don't mean to be a "Butt-in-ski", but my Mom had a saying which I found to be true in a lot of cases all through my life:

"Cheap is expensive...", meaning that when one "skimps on the recipe", one finds that they have to do it all over again because of using an inferior product that won't do the job...

In other words, spend that extra 95-cents and get that better-quality hairspray for your "chipping-effects"...

In most things I agree , but not this . the cheap stuff comes off faster . its easier to chip . so if you want helmet head buy the good stuff if you want faster easier removal the cheap junk is the way . in my opinion .
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 02:44 AM UTC
Us men using hairspray on our models sure get some strange looks from alot of people. Its a good thing I don't tell them that while I'm tinkering with the models, I'm humming 'YMCA".
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 03:04 AM UTC
The cheap stuff works fine for me. I made sure it said “fine spray”
The painful part is the perfume smell!! I’ve been banned to the garage when using it...
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 10:07 AM UTC

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Us men using hairspray on our models sure get some strange looks from alot of people. Its a good thing I don't tell them that while I'm tinkering with the models, I'm humming 'YMCA".


Oh, dear...
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 10:08 AM UTC

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The cheap stuff works fine for me. I made sure it said “fine spray”
The painful part is the perfume smell!! I’ve been banned to the garage when using it...


Maybe the stuff that costs an additional 95-cents is available in a "perfume-free" version..?
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 10:12 AM UTC

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Wow thanks for the response guys. Yeah don’t think my wife will be happy with me if i use her hairspray. I told her i want to try this method so I’m probably going to look around the PX for a cheap aerosol hairspray can. I always thought that any brand would be fine, but i may go with the tresemme


I don't mean to be a "Butt-in-ski", but my Mom had a saying which I found to be true in a lot of cases all through my life:

"Cheap is expensive...", meaning that when one "skimps on the recipe", one finds that they have to do it all over again because of using an inferior product that won't do the job...

In other words, spend that extra 95-cents and get that better-quality hairspray for your "chipping-effects"...

In most things I agree , but not this . the cheap stuff comes off faster . its easier to chip . so if you want helmet head buy the good stuff if you want faster easier removal the cheap junk is the way . in my opinion .


If the "cheap stuff" works better, then that's a GOOD thing, isn't it..?

PS- I'm not about to go out and buy hair spray just so that I can have "helmet head"...
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 03:15 PM UTC
I also have used TRESemme. I can't recommend it with Tamiya acrylics...they're like iron!

I found a 2 fluid oz bottle at Bed Bath & Beyond for about $2-3.
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Posted: Sunday, July 28, 2019 - 04:04 AM UTC
I bought Tresemme level 5 hold and I’m pairing it with Ammo Mig. Hopefully this works. I’ll let y’all know more later today
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Posted: Sunday, July 28, 2019 - 06:04 AM UTC

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I also have used TRESemme. I can't recommend it with Tamiya acrylics...they're like iron!


In the video Mike recommends adding water to the Tamiya mix.
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