A wash over enamel paint

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Giving the paint time to cure properly is essential Andrew & with modern fast drying acrylics, it's often forgotten! Your problem may well have been the 2 lots of acrylic reacting with each other so try to use oil / enamel over acrylic or vice versa to avoid the problem.

Patrick

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Thanks. I may try the enamel wash over the acrylics. It is a problem with acrylics (or me), they feel touch dry and you think it's fully dry and ready for another coat etc.

Andrew

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If I might be so bold, invest in some oil paints. I bought a set of 12 Windsor & Newton oils over 3 years ago for £20 & I'm not even halfway through them.

They're excellent for washes, dot filters & figure painting.

They do takes ages to dry though, but that's part of their flexibility.

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Yeah, i may just do that. Had thought about getting some for my figures etc before Xmas, never got round to it. My local "Works" discount book shop is really good for good priced tubes of acrylics, water colours and oils. May have to pop in and see what they've got. I have even thought about using some of the wifes cosmetics etc for facial features. I find dark eye shadow is good for smoke effects on engines etc.

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Well if you do use the other half's makeup, check it's not the expensive stuff - mine wasn't too happy finding me experimenting doing panel lines with her £20 eye pencil!

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Ouch!!! Will keep that in mind. Places like Poundland and Wilkinsons sell the cheap eye shadows etc. They tend to be cheaper than the Tamiya weathering dust effects sets.

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Yeah you can imagine what I went without for a week! Ah, Poundland! I've bought half my modelling tools from there!