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Post by superflytnt on Mar 27, 2007 20:39:04 GMT -5
Anyone out there know if there's a good (or better than I am doing currently) way to dry enamel paints faster? I am using Testor's enamel solely.
Thanks!
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Post by turbomagnus on Mar 27, 2007 21:26:57 GMT -5
None that I've heard of. I actually got so fed up with enamels taking so long to dry that I finally just switched to acryillics, myself. They dry MUCH quicker - minutes instead of days.
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Post by dvandom on Mar 30, 2007 13:24:56 GMT -5
Based on some PM's with superflytnt, it's looking like Attacktix plastic is of the variety that reacts with the solvents in enamel paints to create the never-drying effect. So I strongly recommend people avoid enamels entirely.
---Dave
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Post by superflytnt on Mar 30, 2007 13:56:20 GMT -5
I will report on my oven-tests. I have a VERY accurate thermocouple and I will attempt to find the melt points of the various materials that make up Attacktix, as well as experiment to see if I can 'glaze' these with Enamels and then dry them in a conventional oven (hopefully AFTER the VOC's have flashed off so I don't start a fire)...
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Post by dvandom on Mar 30, 2007 18:51:21 GMT -5
I suspect the torsos are generally thermoset plastic, which doesn't so much melt as simply catch fire.  ---Dave |
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