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Im having trouble with Klear (Future)
ArmrdCharlie
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Posted: Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 05:15 AM UTC
I clean my canopy parts thouroughly, I pour out a nice fresh jar of Klear, and I dont touch the parts. I dip them slowly, take them out slowly, but I cant get the little bubbles to go away. Also it pools as expected, but no matter how much dabbing I do on the corners, it wont budge. What am I doing wrong?
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Posted: Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 05:25 AM UTC
You might try thinning it slightly with a few drops of Windex ?
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Posted: Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 05:28 AM UTC
Thanks Chuck! That had crossed my mind too actually. I was planning on using isopropyl alcohol though.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 01:57 AM UTC
I leave a small piece of the sprue attached to the part, using a set of those forceps I clap onto the sprue, then once I've dipped the part into the Future I shake off the excess by tapping the forceps on the rim of the jar. Then dab away any further excess with a paper towel. If you keep the part moving, you can keep the Future from pooling along the edges. It only takes a few moments before it begins to set up. Once dry, I trim the tidbit of sprue away.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 10:44 AM UTC
Thanks Gerald. I'll be sure to try that out.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 02:19 PM UTC

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Thanks Chuck! That had crossed my mind too actually. I was planning on using isopropyl alcohol though.




I don't have much experience with future yet. But I have used 10% of isopropyl alochol for airbrusheing future onto a plane and this gives much better results than using it straight from the bottle.

I think that using up to 20% of isopropyl alcohol would even be better but i haven,'t tried that yet.

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