Hi I've got a couple of fingermarks on my model and I'm now ready to paint it. What method is best for cleaning prior to painting?
The kit is a 1/72 Fujimi Spitfire (if that makes a difference).
TIA
Andy
-=Plane Mad=-
Cleaning before painting ??
Aug 31, 2005
5 Replies
Wipe it down with a lint free cloth dampened with alcohol.
I agree with alcohol, but sometime try a coffee filter. Cheap and no lint!!
Coffee filters also make great "extra fine" sandpaper. Often you can get the paint surface smooth enough that you really don't need Future.
This might not work for everyone/everything, but I load my airbrush with soap and water, and then blaze away at hight pressure. After a bit, change to just water, and finally dry the target with nothing but air. Automated car wash, for kits :-)
Rob
Such great replies......water jets and new uses for coffee filters....the knowledge never ends,
now you take a rubber chicken and a six foot red head with a taste for the bizzare.....
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