Hairspray Method fr Chipping

[Steve Jones]

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[wotan]

Steve

Hairspray is simply a water soluble sealer. In this case anything painted on top if it will tend to wash away if the hairspray undercoat gets wet. Having said that acrylic paint is water soluble UNTIL it sets completely. In this case if your acrylic undercoat is completely cured an overspray of hairspray and a subsequent acrylic layer should not damage the base coat. That said all it would not hurt to give your base coat a quick spray of a mat varnish to ensure that it is protected against the next layers.

As far as protecting the finished job I would simply allow the top coat of paint to dry a little, say an hour for acrylics, then chip away as required followed by a protective coat of varnish the next day.

John

[scottie3158]

Steve,
As John said. And yes you can do multiple layers . just paint the layers you want to chip through as you would for one layer.

[colin m]

Yes to everything. I tried this for the first time on my 1:32 Corsair build and loved the effect. A trick I want to use again.

[JR]

Steve.
Chipping Fluid, have you no shame !:smiling:

John.

[Steve Jones]

Your a top man John. That put's my mind at rest. Many thanks. Have you had your first snow of the season yet??

Thanks guys for the confirmation and glad to hear you have had good success's with it. I looked at chipping fluid Mr Race but thought it was just hairspray in bottle:smiling5:

[JR]

Your a top man John. That put's my mind at rest. Many thanks. Have you had your first snow of the season yet??

Thanks guys for the confirmation and glad to hear you have had good success's with it. I looked at chipping fluid Mr Race but thought it was just hairspray in bottle:smiling5:

Steve .
I did try it once, seemed to take a long time . Think the spray I used was either old or rubbish , as it did seem to take forever. While the bottled version of chipping fluid was fast and very effective. And I'm supposed to be. " Old " school or just Old ! :smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:
Yours
J Nerdworthy

Snow !!!! What , who said anything about snow. I shall write this instance to the Times .

[wotan]

Steve

I guess you're referring to my small corner of the world with regards to snow. And yes we have had our first although very minor and was what I refer to as a British Rail Killer, but nothing by our standards.

John

[JR]

Steve .
I did try it once, seemed to take a long time . Think the spray I used was either old or rubbish , as it did seem to take forever. While the bottled version of chipping fluid was fast and very effective. And I'm supposed to be. " Old " school or just Old ! :smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:
Yours
J Nerdworthy

Steve

I guess you're referring to my small corner of the world with regards to snow. And yes we have had our first although very minor and was what I refer to as a British Rail Killer, but nothing by our standards.

John

Hi John.
I see Steve meant you in the wilds of the north !
We have had a weather warning saying it might snow in November, properly 5mm ! As you rightly say British Rail Killer .
John.

[SimonT]

I am a convert to AK chipping fluid - seems much more predictable than hairspray

[JR]

I am a convert to AK chipping fluid - seems much more predictable than hairspray

Thank you Simon.
Steve is a none believer in such matters, glad you have spoken.

John :nerd::thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

I am still a naive apprentice bodger. It will take time for me to heed such wise words and reach your dizzy heights of expertise:smiling5::smiling3::smiling2::smiling:

Also its cheaper to nick the Mrs's hairspray than buy a pot of it:tongue-out3:

[Wouter]

Hi Steve, you can do it safely on an undercoat of Vallejo's but a word of coation. I've read well known modellers who say that Vallejo ones aren't the best for chipping. The contrary even, it's apparantly harder to control and larger paint flakes than intended can come lose messing the whole work up. Generally (and this I know from experience) Tammiya ones are much better suited for this work, probably others as well but the Vallejo's I wouldn't use if I were you. Just my two cents ^^

Cheers

[Steve Jones]

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[JR]

Steve.
That's a shame, as the result was looking promising. Can you tell me why you want to try this method.
Esp when the AK fluid is so much more precise in its results.

John.