Varnish vs type of paint

Eques · Post by **Eques** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:28 pm

Hi

I use a mixture of enamel and acrylic paints on my models. Would it be OK to use acrylic varnish on them?

Thanks

lawrenceg · Post by **lawrenceg** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:52 pm

Should be OK. Enamel should stand up to anything short of paint stripper.

If you are worried, do a test on a piece of scrap material.

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:01 pm

I agree with lawrence. But would add be careful with some of the spray matt varnish as it needs to be agitated for a good 2 mins to actually dry matt if that is the finish you want. I have found that Humbrol matt varnish no 49 does the job well.

lawrenceg · Post by **lawrenceg** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:02 pm

Spartacus wrote:I agree with lawrence. But would add be careful with some of the spray matt varnish as it needs to be agitated for a good 2 mins to actually dry matt if that is the finish you want. I have found that Humbrol matt varnish no 49 does the job well.

and it needs to be re-agitated every couple of minutes. This is true of the pots as well.

THe best matt varnish spray I ever came acoss was a brand called "Rail Match" for railway modellers. It formed a nice thin layer that was absolutely flat matt and invisible for all practical purposes.

philbagnall · Post by **philbagnall** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:54 am

For brush-on acrylic matt varnish, I recently started using Winsor & Newton Galeria acrylic matt (from artists shops) - with the proviso that you need to shake it thoroughly first to get best results, I've been very pleased with it and it does away with the need to spray (& hopefully that depressing white bloom that sometimes hapens with spray varnish if it's a bit too humid)

regards
Phil