How much will dehydronators reduce dry times

[randyc]

Found one of my warped Lindberg bodies from the dehydrator.   Kinda funny now.  Wasn't at the time.  This kit will be going to ebay - all complete except the hood.  And the body is warped.  LOL. 

[NOBLNG]

18 minutes ago, randyc said:

Found one of my warped Lindberg bodies from the dehydrator.   Kinda funny now.  Wasn't at the time.  This kit will be going to ebay - all complete except the hood.  And the body is warped.  LOL. 

Wow! Was the temperature adjustable and what did you have it set at?

Edited May 8, 2019 by NOBLNG

[randyc]

It was a cheap presto with no temp settings.  I never checked it.    Lindberg Mopars were all I ever had issues with. This isn't the only one that I did this to.   I didn't learn quickly enough.   These had strange plastic.  You can feel it when you're working with it.   Pretty soft stuff.   I don't remember the details, but I used to paint them and just leave them for hours.  I had a Petty Plymouth that started warping but I caught it before anything more than a front fender.  I cut it off and made it "race damaged".  Sold the model though so no photos.

[Repstock]

On 5/3/2019 at 11:33 PM, MrObsessive said:

To be just a bit contrary, I had enamel (Humbrol) paint dry in the dehydrator overnight without any 'tackiness' whatsoever. Sometimes there are certain interior hues that you just don't have on hand but in an enamel and you have to use whatcha got.

Another example is Tamiya's Acrylic Clear X-22. That stuff to me dries at a snails pace, but in the dehydrator overnight, it dries rock hard. One caveat though is to not put it in there immediately. Doing so can make it yellow a bit in spots particularly on sections where the paint is built up along body creases for instance. I might wait about an hour to let it setup before putting it in the dehydrator.

BTW, I gotta give whoever made my dehydrator a LOT of credit (Nesco)! I've had the same one since 1996 and it still works well. It's thermostat controlled and I've had nary an issue with it in all these years.

Nesco x2, no problems for me as well.

[peteski]

14 hours ago, randyc said:

Found one of my warped Lindberg bodies from the dehydrator.   Kinda funny now.  Wasn't at the time.  This kit will be going to ebay - all complete except the hood.  And the body is warped.  LOL. 

It would take much more than 110 degrees F to do this kind of damage. Probably more like 200 degrees!  It almost looks like there was a jet or column of hotter air around the front of the body (as the rear doesn't appear to be warped much).  I guess not all food dehydrators are equal.

[StevenGuthmiller]

14 hours ago, randyc said:

Found one of my warped Lindberg bodies from the dehydrator.   Kinda funny now.  Wasn't at the time.  This kit will be going to ebay - all complete except the hood.  And the body is warped.  LOL. 

Mother nature would never do this to a model!

That's why I trust her to dry my paint.

 

 

Steve

[Tommy124]

6 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Mother nature would never do this to a model!

That's why I trust her to dry my paint.

Guess it goes to show, that even with mother nature on your side, you will get punished for being sloppy... (Sorry, Randy!). 

[randyc]

I used that dehydrator to dry a LOT of plastic.   I do most of the painting with an airbrush.  I would paint, put entire sprues in there, let them dry. Bodies, anything painted with airbrush.   This is the ONLY brand of model that was ever affected.  Again, I have no idea how hot that one ran.  Just an on/off switch.  BUt I wore it out.  Or it wore out.  The fan gave up.  

After this thread I will probably get a new one again.  one with a temp control.  I think the one I have is even hotter than the old one.  

I can laugh about it now.