thinning putty?

[Digger1]

I wanna know if you can safely thin putty somewhat to sort of ooze into cracks and holes.

It may be that thinner putty will shrink more because of the added liquid evaporation. Ya think?

[Romulan Spy]

What kind of putty are you using? And just how syrupy do you want it to be? I've used plain old Bondo and fingernail polish remover. It didn't seem to shrink any more that usual, but I didn't thin it too much. I added a few drops to a pea-sized blob of putty to make it spread out a little easier. No problems.

[Digger1]

I'm using the red auto spot and glazing putty.

[pastorgarret]

I'm using the red auto spot and glazing putty.

I use the red spot putty as well and I have had great results thinning it with Testors Liquid Glue, with no shrinkage!

Garret

[pastorgarret]

I wanna know if you can safely thin putty somewhat to sort of ooze into cracks and holes.

It may be that thinner putty will shrink more because of the added liquid evaporation. Ya think?

Here is a link about seam repair that was posted in one of these forms. It’s a very good article and answers your question very well.

Happy modeling

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Seams.html

[Digger1]

I'm currently not worried about shrinkage because it doesn't, I know. But when I thin it down, it might.

[Kylwell]

I'm currently not worried about shrinkage ...

And you rarely model in the pool?