whats thedifferance? got both, just used green to fill around a t bar roof on a camaro where i dont want one.
whats each good for? cheers
whats thedifferance? got both, just used green to fill around a t bar roof on a camaro where i dont want one.
whats each good for? cheers
IIRC the white putty is a finer grain, shrinks less, and works well. It can also be thinned with Testors Liquid Cement.
I hated the Green stuff and have not used it in 20 years.
Cookie Sewell
Not much, IMO. Maybe they're okay for filling in shallow scratches but they're too prone to shrinkage and don't take scribing worth a damn.
thanks, it was banned in the UK for a while but everyone raved about it, the green anyway, i hate revell putty and humbrol is about the best i have found.
i used the green, should have used the white by the sounds of it, is it ok to apply them on each other week 100% hard?
thanks Al, cheers for the fone chat, hope i didnt bore you.
I would have used superglue for the gap around the clear roof parts of the t bar but wanted to try the putty.
Go to your auto parts store and look at the putties they have.
Here's what I use;
SB
"The time has come, The Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing wax Of cabbages and kings And why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings."
My kill file;
ProMedeller
I have grown to like the "red" better than the "green" or "white". It seems to be harder to find, under the "Squadron" name...but it is the same thing as Bondo Filler Putty (automotive), as I believe they are both made by the same outfit. It seems to shrink very little, after thinning with Testor's Liquid Cement, and dries/cures relatively quickly.
Thanks Steve
I never heard of Squadron red...or is that testors/model master red?It's better than Squadron green,but I still prefer white. Testors white in the little grey tube is useless.
Best ever was "Dr. Microtool". It was a red and worked very well. I am on my last tube, when it's gone I guess I will have to start experimenting.
Bill Shuey
They make a good first putty on resin as long as you follow with something like Tamiya silver/grey putty for the topcoat.
Differences? To me the green is a bit thicker and sets quicker. They both thin with Testors liquid cement in the glass bottle. The only thing I have ever heard was Squadron started the white putty so the 'car guys' ( pun intended) would quit whining about ghosting under primer/paint. Both work well for base applications with a finish layer of auto spot putty for best results.
-- Chuck Ryan snipped-for-privacy@REMOVEearthlink.net Springfield OH
Not at all. Sorting out your British accent exercised my powers of concentration..... ;-p
I'm of the opinion that all those putties are 3M products in a private label package. Who wants to pay to have the Dr. Microtools reverse engineered and compared to available products? Cheers,
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
It's been pretty well-established that Dr. Microtools is essentially the same formulation as the Bondo red stuff, just based on chatter here the last few years. They perform similarly, anyway. I've got a tube of Dr. Microtools that will probably last me another ten years at present usage rates--nice stiff, but I don't need it often, since I rely mainly on CA and microballoons.
Mark Schynert
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