_GOTOBOTTOM
AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Washing with turpentine over acrylics
Wolf-Leader
Visit this Community
New Hampshire, United States
Joined: June 06, 2002
KitMaker: 1,225 posts
Armorama: 520 posts
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 05:58 AM UTC
I would like to know if you can give your armor piece a turpentine wash over your acrylic paint job? Would I have to seal to acrylic paint with a clear dull coat and if so what brand of clear dull coat should I use?
RAF-Mad
Visit this Community
Oregon, United States
Joined: March 13, 2004
KitMaker: 153 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 09:57 AM UTC
IAm no expert but i just done it yesterday without sealing and didnt seem to affect the acrlyics. But if its a really important project i would wait for a second opinoin
Kencelot
Visit this Community
Florida, United States
Joined: December 27, 2001
KitMaker: 4,268 posts
Armorama: 2,804 posts
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:35 AM UTC
As long as the acrylics have been given ample time to cure you should not have any problems. By ample, I think of a week or more.
Wolf-Leader
Visit this Community
New Hampshire, United States
Joined: June 06, 2002
KitMaker: 1,225 posts
Armorama: 520 posts
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 09:34 PM UTC
Hey thank you Ken.
csch
Visit this Community
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joined: December 27, 2002
KitMaker: 1,941 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004 - 11:56 PM UTC
First give a pair of coats of Future applied with a soft brush. Then the oil wash. I do that with my models and it works fine
scoccia
Visit this Community
Milano, Italy
Joined: September 02, 2002
KitMaker: 2,606 posts
Armorama: 1,721 posts
Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 12:11 AM UTC
I usually do only selective washes or better "highlighting". Anyway I don't do it directly on matt surfaces because they thend to absorbe too much of the colour and not only wher I want it to be. So either if the underlying coat of paint is acrylic or enamel I always give it a coat of clear gloss (usually acrylic) before going on with my selective wash.
On top pf that consider that a wash with a dark colour over a model usually darkens the vehicle surface...
Ciao
DaveCox
Visit this Community
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: January 11, 2003
KitMaker: 4,307 posts
Armorama: 2,130 posts
Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 01:04 AM UTC
I laways use acrylics as the base coat, and have never had a problem using white-spirit thinned oils over them, just so long as the acrylic is fully dry.
 _GOTOTOP