Finishing models?

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raven1999

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Apr 16, 2012
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vicenza, Italy
I am new here and was wondering about various ways to finish or harden my finished models. I recently finished the Mass Effect 2 characters, modin, grunt, etc. and I really like how they came out but would really like to find a nice way to finish and harden them to make them durable.

Some friends suggested a binary material like smooth-on clear acrylic but am worried it would destroy the printed textures. Has anyone suggestions on this?
 
I spray several coats of Krylon triple-thick clear gloss over my finished models. It puts a nice hard finish on them, and seems to be preserving them quite well, too. I spray this stuff on the printed out parts before assembly too, it never lets me down! Try it on a scrap piece before you use it on a good model to see if you like it first, though.
Mike
 
This is different from Krylon Krystal clear....I used that on one model, and the smell was horrifying - wound up throwing the whole thing out, the smell wouldn't go away! Steer clear of this product. Oh, and Testors semi-gloss and Glosscoat work good too.
 
One more thing.....Don't use Smooth-on resins on this stuff unless you try it on a scrap first......I'm not sure, but I think they will make the models color run, or wreck them completely. Good luck and tell us what happens!
 
You might want to try spraying a model on the inside, if you want to stiffen it. Also, there my be a difference between dye ink (water soluble), and pigment ink (not water soluble), take that into consideration when trying out a sealer,

You can try all of this on a printed sheet, it doesn't have to be a model. :)
 
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