Turpenoid and oil washes

Jeff_from_Canada wrote: (snip)

Indeed, Weber makes 'turpenoid', plain-jane turpenoid in a white and blue can. I made the same mistake by asking my wife to pick up a can while at Michael's. She got me the same product you have; I seem to recall that 'naturel' or however it's spelled is a brush conditioner. It's definately not what you want to use as a wash base... Look for the regular stuff - it's water clear and has no scent. It works great just as Floyd uses it. I just got the DVD's yesterday and have yet to go through them but the ones playing at MosquitoCON were neat to see.

Frank Kranick

That's good to know thanks! thought I was losing it there =8-)

The DVD's are great. I can't play the last 4 chapters of disk 3 on my laptop for some reason. The disk plays fine on my wife's laptop though so I don't think there's a problem with the media.

The DVD was the first time I had seen pre-shading. I tried it on the FW-190 and it does have a neat effect. A lot more subtle than the stark panel lines that you see when using a wash.

Now if I could just get the fine tip/needle on my Badger 150 to work predictably the world would be my oyster =8-)

I use artists turpentine made by Art Spectrum for washes ,has a bit of an odour ,and not as aggressive as the regular hardware store turpentine, which I use for cleaning brushes and my airbrush .

It will still attack the enamel paints if you don't have an acrylic coat.

That makes sense. I was surprised when Floyd ran the wash over the enamel without a barrier, but on further reading here on RMS it seems Turpenoid is the way to go. Otherwise for something like a cockpit you're going through a 4 phase project (paint, gloss,wash,flat)

I bought some and had the same problen,I bought it in an Artist supply store, figured they would know what i wanted.mine also is quite thick, I'll try Francis's suggestion and use it up as a bruh cleaner Regards

Andy (in Toronto)