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