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A varnishing Warning to you all!


As this came up in a forum thread, here is a little warning and/or let's have a laugh at my misfortune :laugh: 

 

This is obviously not a 40k model, but it serves the purpose, because it's what I used. 

 

Finished my faction terrain piece for AoS, and as I was going to be handling it a lot, I thought I'll varnish it with my Citadel Munitorum Varnish Spray. 'What could go wrong?' thought I?

 

Well, the results speak for themselves. 

 

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Yeah. It went all frosty. So I've either put too much on at once, it was too humid, it was too cold, the can is a couple years old, I might not have shaken it long enough (it needs longer than paint) or a combination of all. 

I almost defintely put too much on at once I think. Probably didn't shake it enough either. 

 

Anyway, let this be a lesson and warning to you all! Make sure you do it properly, and maybe test it out first when you are going to use it, or suffer the consequences like I did :facepalm:

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Karhedron

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I have had this happen a couple of times and I feel your pain! :cry:

 

You may be able to reduce the the visibility of the frosting by brushing with Lahmia Medium. It is not a perfect cure but it might be enough to rescue the piece.

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Domhnall

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18 minutes ago, Karhedron said:

I have had this happen a couple of times and I feel your pain! :cry:

 

You may be able to reduce the the visibility of the frosting by brushing with Lahmia Medium. It is not a perfect cure but it might be enough to rescue the piece.

Cheers,
I'll give that a go and see how it goes! 

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Montoya

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I've had this happen before too.

 

Spray it again with the varnish (ensuring it's not too humid out).    Similar to the Lahmian medium it clears a lot of it up.   not 100%, but left me with a few touch ups vs. completely repainting.

 

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