Re: Sludge for Zimmerit

Mar 02, 2007 1 Replies


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>>Its a thick acrylic paste manufactured by Tri-Art from recycled
>>byproducts from their (acrylic) paint manufacturing process.
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>Woohoo. I found another use for sludge. I disliked the plastic tails
>for horses and bought fine fibers for doll's hair from the craft store
>to replace that. I couldn't find a way to glue the fibers
>satisfactorily to the horse's rump as the glue stump gets messy and
>the result is a stiff shiny stump that no amount of paint could hide.
>Plus the nylon fibers won't adhere to plastic glue. The horse and a
>mule were models I started years ago but never finished. Now Sludge
>acrylic is the ideal solution as I can wick every fiber at one end and
>then smear it into the rump. Sludge can then be smoothed by running a
>finger over the attachment point and its remarkable how well it blends
>into the rump's groove.
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>For the mane I have twisted a suitable thickness of fiber into a rope
>and held it in place with Sludge. Its equivalent to using Sludge as a
>mousse and as a filler. I am waiting for it to dry. I will the
>attach this fiber rope to the nape with more Sludge. When dry I will
>trim the top of the twist and I hope I can "comb" the trimmed fibers
>with a stiff brush to bring up the nap of the mane. Looks promising.
>If this doesn't work the alternative is to apply a strip of Sludge on
>the nape then attach short lengths of fiber to it.

who sells this wonder product?

Sounds like 'acrylic matte medium'. Model rails have used it for years for 'water'.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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