Re: Using Pledge
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Mont Switzer
Doug,
I store my Future in small Floquil size bottles. It can over time get a little “stiff,” at lease in the small bottles. Distilled water takes care of that.
Mont
Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC. (765) 836-2914
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Douglas Harding
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 8:21 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Using Pledge
The Pledge/Future floor finish product is 100% clear acrylic. No need to thin for airbrushing. It can also be brushed on, good for small areas. Clean up with water. It provides a gloss finish perfect for decals. I have created a flat finish by mixing Tamiya Flat Base with, at a 10 to 1 ratio.
Doug Harding
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of lsittler
Good morning- I have been using Pledge to affix rivet decals to plastic and resin, based on the advice from Bill Welch and others in this group. It has worked very well. In those cases, I was brushing Pledge in the areas where the rivets were to be placed. But I have read that others use Pledge as a finish coat before applying decals. I am assuming that in those cases, Pledge was applied over acrylic paint such as Polyscale, due to the flat finish of those paints, correct? Do you spray it on? If so, do you thin it? And what's the thinner? Or do you brush it in the areas where the decals go? Also, I'm thinking that with a paint like Scalecoat 2, this would be unnecessary since that paint has a gloss finish already and decals can be applied right on top. Any advice would be most appreciated. Thanks. Les
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