Lester, thanks for the information on your experience reconstituting Floquil. I have a stash of about 80 bottles so you provided information I can potentially use. Gene Green Out in the west Texas

A bit pricey for what is obviously a copper selenium bath for cold temp blackening. Search for "J-3498" or "Antique Black" on flea bay where you can get 2 ox bottles for ~$2 plus shipping. Or spring

Hi James, I have used Clear Coat as a top coat also. Jerry

well they do say visual acuity worsens with age.. touche Tim !☺

Jerry, I have used Floquil Glaze as a base coat for decals and Clear Clear as a topcoat as the latter seems to have a very good ability to hide the edges of thick film decals

With Blacken-It no longer around, here is a substitute: https://www.megahobby.com/products/photo-etch-burnishing-fluid-ammo-of-mig-jimenez.html Mind-boggling line of modeling finishing products. Bill

Jerry Michels wrote > Curious Tim, I have returned paint to the bottle for over 40 years,and it has never been a problem. well they do say visual acuity worsens with age... Once I began using

Curious Tim, I have returned paint to the bottle for over 40 years, and it has never been a problem. Some of the original jars I have with "returned" pain is still good after at least 20 years. In

Resin Car Works announces the re-introduction of a couplekits. These have been out of production but are available again. More details canbe found in the latest blog

I have a black roof AB brake car and I would describe my truck screws as washer offset. I don't think as bad as the picture but with 4x glasses

Good Friends, I am scanning up my father's and my railroad slides before the physical images go to a museum. As I was working on the enclosed image of a WP maintenance of way

Good to here that the screw forming and screw verticalness issues aren’t widespread. By way of a visual description to go along with the cam lobe references, see attached. Matt Goodman Columbus,

Denny I do not know if Floquil glaze will reconstitute Floquil paints. I added it to existing colors or sprayed it over Floquil colors to get a gloss base for decal application. To reconstitute old

Yesterday I took a closer look at the Pre-War version and noticed the running board end supports need attention. These details are crammed into place on the model and the angle of the support is lost.

I believe glaze was meant to be added to Floquil paint to produce a glossy finish I have used it that way. Mark Vinski

I also replaced the coupler. The Kadee copy used the old style Kadee spring and mine would not center dependably. I put whisker couplers in and that problem was solved. I also painted the wheels first

I notice that Kadee has now added their two new Running board types, Morton and Gypsum, to their website. Will someone please remind me of the new brake wheels they are also doing? Thank you, Bill

Because Floquil is an enamel, it can slowly polymerize in the bottle...this is what causes the graininess. It also happens to acrylic enamels. In each casethe best way to prevent it is to measure out

I have a stash of this material, which at one time was identified as Floquil paint without any pigment, i.e. only the carrier and solvent. Does anyone know whether or not this is true? If so, I

As I was working on a resin Speedwitch Media Northern Pacific Flat Car kit I reached in the drawer for a broach to remove the flash from the stake pockets. If you on not familiar with a broach and