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This might be a very obvious thing that I'm doing wrong, but I want to check. I'm still new to the varnishing game, but when using spray varnishes, even with manufacturer's instructions, the varnish seems to go on the model as tiny spots of varnish that are not joined up, and they look like they would dry into a bumpy texture. I have no idea if this is correct and they would flow into one another after a few minutes, so I've been going back over with a heavier coat from 6" away, which seems to do the trick and give one continuous flat coat across the model, however this feels like a very thick coat, and I'm not sure if someday it will ruin a model. So I ask the community, what is a spray varnish supposed to look like on the model right after spraying? Tiny spatters or continuous coat? Am I doing something wrong? For reference, I've used Windsor & Newton professional matte, W&N prof satin and liquitex matte and had the same result of patchy spotty spatters with all 3. The liquitex in particular seems to spray really badly and I have to get very close to the model to get an even coat, which then ends up seemingly thick. Any thoughts or tips are welcome! -
Hi, So I've never really varnished my models before but now I'm using contrast paints and seeing how they just rubbed off a bit on one of my test models that I'd put in a foam case I thought I'd better start. I've just varnished a load of orks with munitorium varnish and going past them 10 minutes after I can see they are going a bit white in quite a few places. I deliberately shook the can for plenty of time and was at a similar distance to priming etc. Not to hot/cold while doing it etc. so i'm not sure why it has happened. Is there any hope of recovering them? I've read a few things about using oil and scrubbing them or applying another coat of varnish to smooth out this coat but I dont know if these actually work in practice.
