Rolls-Royce No Chemicals, No Paint, No Harmful Glues

[MarkJ]

David, I live in southeast Texas that is full of pollutants in the air from the many plants I live around and the weather is almost always very humid which promotes mold . I live in a 55 year-old house and if I did not have 3 separate plug in air filters going 24/7 I would be in a lot of trouble.. Even with a central air conditioning system which is necessary for anybody who lives down here whether you have health issues or not.  I switched to acrylic paints about ten years ago and have no issues with modeling. I have to use a rescue inhaler albuterol twice a day, morning when I get up and evening when I go to bed and a maintenance inhaler Asmanex also twice a day. If I did not, I would be in a lot of trouble.  I have made a place outside to airbrush when the weather allows it and only use acrylics out there as well only because I don't have a place in the house with an evacuation system and I would get overspray all over the work area I use. I am like you; I can't give up modeling. It is the only thing that keeps me sane.  If you don't have plug in air filters in your house you should definitely look into getting at least three of them and spread them around your house.

[Big Messer]

Check behind the furniture that is always against walls. And Mark gave some very sound advice also. It wouldn't hurt to check with somebody who deals professionally with this kind of issues also.

[Anglia105E]

1 hour ago, stitchdup said:

white vinegar kills it

White vinegar spray is what is needed then Les  !  Thanks . . .

David

[Anglia105E]

7 hours ago, MarkJ said:

David, I live in southeast Texas that is full of pollutants in the air from the many plants I live around and the weather is almost always very humid which promotes mold . I live in a 55 year-old house and if I did not have 3 separate plug in air filters going 24/7 I would be in a lot of trouble.. Even with a central air conditioning system which is necessary for anybody who lives down here whether you have health issues or not.  I switched to acrylic paints about ten years ago and have no issues with modeling. I have to use a rescue inhaler albuterol twice a day, morning when I get up and evening when I go to bed and a maintenance inhaler Asmanex also twice a day. If I did not, I would be in a lot of trouble.  I have made a place outside to airbrush when the weather allows it and only use acrylics out there as well only because I don't have a place in the house with an evacuation system and I would get overspray all over the work area I use. I am like you; I can't give up modeling. It is the only thing that keeps me sane.  If you don't have plug in air filters in your house you should definitely look into getting at least three of them and spread them around your house.

Your advice is all good Mark, and from what you say, it sounds like the environment in which you live is even more harsh than I thought mine was. My feeling regarding the model car building is that without this absorbing hobby I would be incredibly bored, and probably not quite sane ! . . . You have made me think seriously about plug in air filters for the house, so I must look into that requirement in terms of cost and availability. I have never seen such filters advertised here in the UK, but then again I wasn't searching for them to be honest . . . At the moment I am staying away from enamel paints, acrylic paints, aerosol cans and airbrushing. The only paints that I am prepared to use are water based emulsion paints and the Vallejo brush on acrylics. This Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud build is my first ever to use polished plastic body parts, washable PVA glue (child friendly) and also using a drilling and pinning method instead of super glue to attach parts. The Revell Contacta Professional glue is a very good product, for example, but the smell is almost overpowering. The strong smell of Humbrol Enamel Thinners that I would have used for brush cleaning only was guaranteed to trigger an immediate violent response from my wife, even though I am two floors upstairs from her in the loft and with the roof window open too . . .

David

[Anglia105E]

The Retro Orange emulsion paint by WILKO was still slightly tacky after 20 hours drying overnight, which is surprising for emulsion paint in my experience. This did not matter too much really, because I intended to scratch the surface of the paint anyway for this dashboard. The gauges of the dashboard and a few other areas were scraped clean of orange paint, to allow the black plastic to show through, using the pointed tip of a cocktail stick . . . Then I used a brass bristled brush to stipple the surface of the paint quite firmly, so as to create a burr walnut effect . . .

So far, the dashboard looks pretty good and I shall add white acrylic detail for the gauges, also applied with the tip of the cocktail stick and not a brush.

David

[MarkJ]

15 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Your advice is all good Mark, and from what you say, it sounds like the environment in which you live is even more harsh than I thought mine was. My feeling regarding the model car building is that without this absorbing hobby I would be incredibly bored, and probably not quite sane ! . . . You have made me think seriously about plug in air filters for the house, so I must look into that requirement in terms of cost and availability. I have never seen such filters advertised here in the UK, but then again I wasn't searching for them to be honest . . . At the moment I am staying away from enamel paints, acrylic paints, aerosol cans and airbrushing. The only paints that I am prepared to use are water based emulsion paints and the Vallejo brush on acrylics. This Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud build is my first ever to use polished plastic body parts, washable PVA glue (child friendly) and also using a drilling and pinning method instead of super glue to attach parts. The Revell Contacta Professional glue is a very good product, for example, but the smell is almost overpowering. The strong smell of Humbrol Enamel Thinners that I would have used for brush cleaning only was guaranteed to trigger an immediate violent response from my wife, even though I am two floors upstairs from her in the loft and with the roof window open too . . .

David

David, the picture below is what I have in my den or largest room in the house. The other two are the same type but made by Holmes that are about half the size, but they all do the same thing. Forgive the picture quality. I had to take a picture of a picture on my p.c. monitor. You don't have to get these brands just get one or how many you want that does the same thing the pictured one does. There are probably hundreds of brands out there and all are probably very similar in quality. I'm sure there has to be something in the U.K. that is readily available, or you could always use amazon or something like that. Take care.

[Anglia105E]

8 hours ago, MarkJ said:

David, the picture below is what I have in my den or largest room in the house. The other two are the same type but made by Holmes that are about half the size, but they all do the same thing. Forgive the picture quality. I had to take a picture of a picture on my p.c. monitor. You don't have to get these brands just get one or how many you want that does the same thing the pictured one does. There are probably hundreds of brands out there and all are probably very similar in quality. I'm sure there has to be something in the U.K. that is readily available, or you could always use amazon or something like that. Take care.

Thanks for the information Mark, and here is a link to one that I found on Ebay here in the UK . . .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316245272621?chn=ps&_ul=GB&var=614903943724&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1vVp9eJgrQcuKEBmQz9kw1g26&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=614903943724_316245272621&targetid=2425733423477&device=c&mkt

They don't seem to be at all expensive really, from what I have seen so far . . .

David

[Anglia105E]

Earlier today I picked up a set of three metallic Sharpie marker pens, one Gold, one Bronze and one Silver . . . Working on the actual body shell for this build, I began to apply the Silver Sharpie to the driver's side rear window frame of the model. This was after I had masked off the surrounding area of the body shell with my narrow orange tape, because the Sharpie product is difficult to remove as it is permanent. To begin with, the Sharpie went on smoothly and with hardly any effort and no excessive pressure. Just when I was thinking this will look good, the fine point nib of the silver Sharpie began to leak badly. The almost chrome liquid ran along the frame of the door and collected in a blob. Fortunately, this was on the tape, and not on the surrounding body.

I have never had any Sharpies do this to me during eight years of model building. The liquid is escaping from the nib and running down to the pointed tip, or at least it was for five minutes, and the the pen stopped working altogether. I did manage to coax a little bit of silver grey out onto a piece of card, but it was not possible to apply any silver Sharpie to the window frame of the model . . .

As an experiment, I applied the gold Sharpie to the rear window frame of the test body, and there was no problem. Also, I repeated the process with the bronze Sharpie on the front window frame of the test body. Again, no problem . . . So it is only the silver Sharpie that is leaking. There isn't much point in me claiming that one of the three pens in the pack appears to be faulty by contacting the supplier, so does this mean that I have to contact the Sharpie company directly?

My previous pack of three metallic Sharpies is probably around five years old, and both the gold and the bronze still work fine to this day. The silver pen ran out early in the first year, five years ago. I was wondering if any other MCM Forum members had experienced any problems with the silver Sharpie pens?

David

[MarkJ]

1 hour ago, Anglia105E said:

Thanks for the information Mark, and here is a link to one that I found on Ebay here in the UK . . .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316245272621?chn=ps&_ul=GB&var=614903943724&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1vVp9eJgrQcuKEBmQz9kw1g26&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=614903943724_316245272621&targetid=2425733423477&device=c&mkt

They don't seem to be at all expensive really, from what I have seen so far . . .

David

good to hear, David. I think you will find that they do make a difference in the quality of your inside air