My cornerstone warehouse is completed but looks toylike. The walls are ok but the window frames are too shiny. I now know to spray them before assembly but I was in a hurry to see if I could just build this kit. Will the dull coat in a rattle can craze the walls if I try to lightly coat them? Could I have sprayes the frames before assembly or would that ruin them?
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Bruce in the Peg
Dullcote will not craze your building. The solvent does not attack plastic in the quantity involved.
Mike
Not to worry. I have used DullCote on lots of styrene projects, no problems. Although, I go for light coats, where the DullCote is halfway to dry before it hits the model. That avoids sags and runs, and keeps the concentration of solvent low.
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
As long as you're spraying it, rattle can or airbrush, no problems with it attacking the plastic. However, if your windows already have their "glass", the Dullcote will fog them. This isn't necessarily a problem on an industrial structure, as window cleaning wasn't usually a priority.
Wayne
What Doctor Wayne said.............
I find that Dull-Cote really improves the look of rolling stock, structures, and autos. Someone wrote once in an MR article...... There is nothing shiny in nature, and not all that much in man made stuff.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Another very good alternative to Dull-cote...is Vallejo Satin Acrylic varnishes, water based and don't have to worry about ruining a finish:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/231555898041?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
I use it alot..on models, of all kinds. Can be brushed on.
Take Care!
Frank
I use Model Masters flat clear, some places in the country at some times of year raised questions about white spots so humity was most likely the proublem but the Model Masters was a slightly different formula but then Dullcoats formula may have changed in the last half dozen years.