I had an interesting thing happen the other night after I gave CARTER her first bath after being painted. I pulled the boat out of the tub and broke everything down, but when I came out the next morning I noticed intermittent discoloration and staining on the midline of the hull. Most prominently on the upper hull, right along the split. By the time I found them, they'd dried on, and no amount of re-wetting / wiping / mild dish soap detergent would get them off.
Hardly reason to panic. It's a submarine after all. I went back and hit the spotty areas with my airbrush and then re-sealed everything with a matte overcoat. I really should've taken some pictures, but I found it all very strange. Now, full disclosure, my water is from a well and has a very high mineral content. It will spot glass if left to dry. I'm guessing that's what happened here. Especially since it was mostly along the bottom-edge of the upper hull, where water droplets would naturally run down and accumulate.
The paints used on the boat were all Tamiya lacquer sprays. The overcoat was Testors Modelmaster Flat Lacquer (Dullcoate), which at the time, had had approximately a week in warm / dry and stable conditions to cure.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? I'll be interested to see what happens the next time it gets wet.
Hardly reason to panic. It's a submarine after all. I went back and hit the spotty areas with my airbrush and then re-sealed everything with a matte overcoat. I really should've taken some pictures, but I found it all very strange. Now, full disclosure, my water is from a well and has a very high mineral content. It will spot glass if left to dry. I'm guessing that's what happened here. Especially since it was mostly along the bottom-edge of the upper hull, where water droplets would naturally run down and accumulate.
The paints used on the boat were all Tamiya lacquer sprays. The overcoat was Testors Modelmaster Flat Lacquer (Dullcoate), which at the time, had had approximately a week in warm / dry and stable conditions to cure.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? I'll be interested to see what happens the next time it gets wet.
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