Fond a way to seal weathering Chalks

[Madd Trucker]

I was doing a model of the Beverlyhillbies truck and weathered it with model rail road chalks when and idea hit what if they could be sealed with artist fixitive so to be safe and not ruins a kit I took a piece of the sprue from the kit painted it with flat black primer let it dry and treated it with some weathering chalks let them sit a bit and then spayed the fixitve on it just a light coat to see what would happen. it worked and the rust stands out a bit more . wil tray it ona piece of painted sprue next to see how paint wil react to the fixitive I know it comes in mat and gloss from Michelles

[VW Dave]

Sounds like a good tip, but I've been perfectly happy using misty coats of Testors' DullCote on my pastel jobs; it's a flat finish that has yet to yellow on any of my models, and it's more versatile for other model uses as well.

[Eshaver]

The oler I getz , the mo I learn ! Ed Shaver

[weasel]

+10 on Testor DullCote, it changes shades of paint also, ie. gloss gold with dullcote looks almost like anodized gold ...

Krylon Matte isn't bad also if ya need a touch of 'shine'...