Varnish, wash, thinner mismatch

[Guest]

That’s 35 years in the pharmaceutical production industry Laurie. The mantra goes….If it’s not written down, it’s a rumour……and if it’s not signed for it’s graffiti!
A panel line or pin wash is also better carried out on a surface that has been pre-wetted with the appropriate solvent Laurie…that minimises tide marks….I missed that bit LOL…..

50 years to the exact day in architecture Tim.

Make sure you know what you are doing.

Take notice of the written stuff but never use until you have seen the results in realty.

Fail that & it will bite you. Never stray outside your expertise

Laurie

[tagarnav]

Thanks guys, I have a few photos, but only from the finished model

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For the process, I detailed what I used in the previous post, I used all acrylic varnishes, Lucky Gloss from Mig, gloss for decals and matte for water based wash created from pigments. I do have also Vallejo Matte and Gloss, but those are also acrylic, I went to the hobby store today and got myself some enamel varnishes that I'll apply on top of the acrylic paint and see if that works for the washes, as the enamel mixed with enamel thinner shouldn't react to water from my understanding.
By the way, I know Tamiya and a bunch of other products are way better, but unfortunately here in Argentina product imports are super limited, and you can only get Vallejo or Mig's stuff pretty much for the "higher" quality products.. everything else is national and you don't wanna use any of that stuff, trust me lol.

[Guest]

Not sure how that would work Leo.

If you are using Tamiya Panel lining then after it dries you will have to use turpentine
to clear it up.

Not being a user of Enamels but would have wondered if the turpentine would affect the enamel varnish.

For certain you will not have problems with acrylic providing it is cured. Not a fan of Vallejo varnish except
for their matt which is superb. I use as mentioned above Alclad 11 gloss (Acrylic) which is extremely thin
dries quickly & dries hard. Also forgiving if you over flow & get curtains 99% it will sort it out for you.

My advice after reading so many problems. Keep as much as possible to one type. With acrylics once cured
it takes a lot to shift it.

Laurie

Whoops just add a very nice model Leo.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice job on the Stuka Leo. I’m starting to wonder if the Gloss varnish was “too gloss”….sounds weird, but bear with me…..gloss varnish works by having a very smooth surface because smoother the surface the better light is reflected. Water based Acrylic paint doesn’t chemically bind to a surface! It binds by mechanical interaction, locking into the roughness on the underlying surface. It could be that the Lucky Gloss is super smooth, so makes it very hard for any further coat to mechanically interact, and so adhere properly to the surface. Try a different gloss varnish and see what happens.