What is the name of the acrylic floor polish you can add to your washes to help spread the wash out and go into the depressions and details better ?
Acrylic additives for washes
I honestly don't know.
I use a regular Dishwashing Detergent to do that... Just to break the surface tension of any added water - which again, helps the wash spread and go into details beter.
A Quick Google Search labels "Future Finish" Floor Polish as something that is mentioned most often when it comes to modelling articles, but honestly, I've never had to go that far.
Johnsons Klear floor polish.
I found my answer and got a bottle that will last my life time....LOL
On 3/4/2017 at 6:43 PM, Drasnighta said:I honestly don't know.
I use a regular Dishwashing Detergent to do that... Just to break the surface tension of any added water - which again, helps the wash spread and go into details beter.
A Quick Google Search labels "Future Finish" Floor Polish as something that is mentioned most often when it comes to modelling articles, but honestly, I've never had to go that far.
I've heard the dish soap method, but the soap I use tends to cause the inks to separate out and congeal, quite amusing.
My approach is matte medium, flow enhancer, water (Les' wash), wonderful mix.
I was having the problem of the wash (nul oil) beading up on the surface and not spreading out on some areas of my models... and this was after a few good cleanings in hot soapy water with a old soft toothbrush. Adding clear Pledge acrylic floor polish to the wash has fixed that problem.
Klank, that photo is of it being beaded up I take it, not the fixed?
No, fixed. I let some of the shade build up on some of the panel edges. It gives the model a dirty used look that I like, I also dry brush over it so that is not the final look.
The problem I was having was where the wash would bead up like water on a treated windshield (if you ever saw that). It would just roll around in drops.
Here is the top side done the same way... again I prefer the "used out in space" look for my ships. Part of the story line for my Imperials is they do allot of anti piracy/smuggling operations and so they spend allot of time in and around nebula and asteroid formations looking for hideouts and such. Hence their hulls collect allot of space dust.
