--- In [email protected], Bob Werre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob, I've found by far the best way to clean brass is with a miniature > grit blaster.
This is true, and if one of my friends replies he'll say the only way to really get a model clean is ..., but you have to consider that if this is someone's first time painting a brass model they probebly don't want to spend a couple of hundred dollars getting set up to do it just right. I suggest cleaning the model first with dish soap and water to get all the grease off. From the point it first goes to cleaning, you cannot touch it with your hands. Immediately blow the water off with your airbrush with no paint. Then wash it in any mild acid, even vinegar will work. Scrub it with a toothbrush. I rinse models with distilled water. It seems to have even fewer minerals than alcohol. Here's another important tip: if you are going to bake the paint (highly recommended if you are using Scalecoat) then bake the model once before you paint anything. Something will probably fall off, and it's better to find that out now than after it's painted. -Michael Eldridge The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
