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Peter McCarroll
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by Peter McCarroll » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:21 pm
For anyone, like myself, who has been looking for a suitable replacement for Testors Spray Dullcote since it was discontinued in the UK. I would recommend Army Painter's anti shine matt varnish. Like Testors, two light coats are better than one heavy coat.
Peter
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by big-gazza » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:40 pm
Hi,
I've heard that the the Matt varnish from Figures in comfort is very good. Havn't tried it yet but I do have some on order.
http://www.figuresincomfort.net/catalog ... 175050a059
I'll let you know when I use it.
Gazza
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by sharnydubs » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:01 am
Peter, I thought you were a gloss man !
Peter
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Peter McCarroll
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by Peter McCarroll » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:30 am
Peter, I can go either way.
At present I feel that I am being drawn to the dull side.
Peter
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by Ronan the Librarian » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:44 pm
Just out of interest, why was TDC discontinued in the UK?
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Peter McCarroll
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by Peter McCarroll » Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:06 pm
It had some nasty chemical in it that was banned. I cannot remember the name of it. The non spray dull cote is still available.
Peter
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by big-gazza » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:09 pm
Ronan the Librarian wrote:Just out of interest, why was TDC discontinued in the UK?
Hi,
it has some toluene in it which is carcinogenic.
Gazza
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by Atheling » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:33 am
Yep, I agree Gazza. I've use it in p[lace of Testors (although I do have a few cans in a 'stash' that I have kept for armies that I have used Dullcote on, just for consistancy). The HMG Matt gives a very flat finish and I can reccomend it. In fact I haven't found anything else that's quite that good since Testors was banned.
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by subedai » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:40 pm
If anyone is interested, for years I have been using two coats of water based matt or gloss varnish easily available from anywhere such as Homebase or B & Q etc. Each of these is dry within a few minutes and then followed with a good coating of Daler-Rowney soluble matt varnish, available from any art shop. This dries flatter than any pancake you care to mention. There are two minor disadvantages. One is that the stuff needs a hell of a good shake to disperse the sediment collected at the bottom and it is spirit based so turps is needed to clean the brushes. Apart from that its a really good, quick method of protecting your figures.