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drewgimpy
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 05:52 PM UTC
I tried thinning putty with amonia but it didn't work. Next I tried liquid cement and it seems to work pretty good. My question is what do you thin putty with? thanks for the help as always.
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 06:54 PM UTC
What kind of putty are you using?
For Squadron's, I use Testor's liquid cement. If you use this method, you may need to add more than one coat as the cement makes the putty mix shrink a bit.
Alternively, you could use acetone...be careful with this mix though! Be sure to use in an open air area!

With either mixture, be careful around small parts and or details, as the mixes could distort those little pieces.
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 11:22 PM UTC
Lacquer thinner should also work for both Testor's putty, as well as automotive red putty. As Ken says, this will cause the putty to shrink more when it dries, so you'll have to use more than one coat using this method.

Rather than thinning the putty before applying, I apply putty full strength (but in as small a quantitiy as possible), and then wipe off the excess using a Q-Tip moistened in nail polish remover (Acetone). The end result is that only the gap receives the putty, and usually, no sanding is required. There is a great article over on ARC that illustrates this technique - you'll find it in the Tools N TIps section.

HTH-
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 04:01 AM UTC
You can find a example of how to use nail polish remover (with pictures) on my site, just go tto the Tips section.

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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 05:07 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Lacquer thinner should also work for both Testor's putty, as well as automotive red putty. As Ken says, this will cause the putty to shrink more when it dries, so you'll have to use more than one coat using this method.

Rather than thinning the putty before applying, I apply putty full strength (but in as small a quantitiy as possible), and then wipe off the excess using a Q-Tip moistened in nail polish remover (Acetone). The end result is that only the gap receives the putty, and usually, no sanding is required. There is a great article over on ARC that illustrates this technique - you'll find it in the Tools N TIps section.

HTH-



Yes, the nail polish remover work's great as an alternative to sand paper,
especially when you don't want to harm any of the surrounding detail, that usually
can happen when using sand paper.
As for a thinner I also use either Testors Cement ( in the tube ) or the bottled
liquid cement by Testors. I know this work's well with Squadron Green/White and
Tamiya Putty with the orange top. But there are some putties that I think are
water based and work well with just water for thinning, as which one's
they are I'm not sure.
Steve is right - that ARC site is loaded with great tip's.

- ralph
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 05:08 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Lacquer thinner should also work for both Testor's putty, as well as automotive red putty. As Ken says, this will cause the putty to shrink more when it dries, so you'll have to use more than one coat using this method.

Rather than thinning the putty before applying, I apply putty full strength (but in as small a quantitiy as possible), and then wipe off the excess using a Q-Tip moistened in nail polish remover (Acetone). The end result is that only the gap receives the putty, and usually, no sanding is required. There is a great article over on ARC that illustrates this technique - you'll find it in the Tools N TIps section.

HTH-



Yes, the nail polish remover work's great as an alternative to sand paper,
especially when you don't want to harm any of the surrounding detail, that usually
can happen when using sand paper.
As for a thinner I also use either Testors Cement ( in the tube ) or the bottled
liquid cement by Testors. I know this work's well with Squadron Green/White and
Tamiya Putty with the orange top. But there are some putties that I think are
water based and work well with just water for thinning, as which one's
they are I'm not sure.
Steve is right - that ARC site is loaded with great tip's.

- ralph
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 07:35 AM UTC
I have a question why do you or would you need to thin putty. I've seen this stated before and am curious.

Josh Weingarten
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 08:15 AM UTC
The reason some thin their putties is to make a smoother or finer filler. It helps to get rid of the air holes that appear when sanding that are sometimes common with putty straight from the tube.
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:10 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Rather than thinning the putty before applying, I apply putty full strength (but in as small a quantitiy as possible), and then wipe off the excess using a Q-Tip moistened in nail polish remover (Acetone). The end result is that only the gap receives the putty, and usually, no sanding is required.


Now you tell me!
I just got done rescribing the details I sanded out while puttying my Corsair... What a pain!
Looks like I'll be stopping in the cosmetics section the next time I'm at Wal*Mart!

YodaMan
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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2002 - 12:02 AM UTC
i just use plain old lacquer thinner with my tamiya putty and i think it works fine........
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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2002 - 11:46 AM UTC
Thanks for the explanation fellas, now my life will be a little easier :-)

Josh Weingarten
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Posted: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 02:49 PM UTC
Thanks for the information all. I asked how to thin and got some great answers, but the information on using nail polish remover is going to save me countless hours in the future. Thanks a ton.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:31 PM UTC

You could produced , your own putty ,using plastic sprues after doing Your models , cut the sprues on small parts , put them to glass small pot , and the Nitro thinner ( maybe laquer thinner ) help to disolve the plastic , is very cheap method for own Putty .

To all's puttyies like Testors , Humbrol, Tamiya I use also Nitro Thinner ( In Poland we named all hard thinners like that) , use small brush with thinner , "wet " in putty You could gently take care of any hols and unequal parts .

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