I was cleaning out my room and found an old half-finished F18 model from 12 years ago that had not seen the light of day, literally, in all of that time. I had painted it with enamels and they were already yellowing! No UV exposure and they were yellowing!
So: what sorts of paints can I use that don't yellow? Acrylic? Lacquer? What else? There have got to be other kinds of paints. I know there is polycarbonate paint for Lexan. What else is there?
Thanks!
When life gives you lemons, don't despair. no one gives me lemons
The old trick I've used was to add just a drop or two of blue to white enamel to keep it from yellowing. Don't know how it works but it does. Don't put in more than two drops or it will tint the white.
I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Patrick Henry
Thomas E. Johnson wrote:Oh no! That means the beautiful 1/350 Ent-A I just finished that I painted with all acrylic lacquers will go from bright clean white to yellow!
It should only take a few years and they will not be very yellow, just a yellow tinge just enough to notice.
