Brown Paper Bag

[scubadiver411]

I'm still relatively new here and haven't been able to read every post here, so I don't know if this has been posted before, but anyway...

After watching my wife put urethane on wood that was stained, she would take a plain brown paper bag, used for lunches, and rub down the urethane after it was dry to get rid of the little bubbles. Well, after picking up a 5 oz. can of Dupli-color "Charcoal Gray Metallic" and shooting my '68 Road Runner with it, I noticed that it had a rough texture on it when I ran my finger along the side. I saw a brown paper bag near my model stuff and decided to try and rubb off the rough stuff on my model. Well, I have to say that the results were quite impressive It took enough of the rough texture off of the model so when I put the clear coat on, it will be much easier to polish out. The nice thing about it was... it did NOT leave any sanding marks on the paint, and it only took me a few minutes to rub the whole model "smoother".

I hope this will help some of the modelers that paint with "Metallic" paints.

STEVE

[ABC Auto Industry]

Another tip for brown paper bags is to blow them up and tie it to a tree near you'r deck or garage,,whatever. Theory is mosquitos think it's a hornet's nest and stay away. , , ,really.

Oh really? Never heard of that before. Trouble is, hornets will probably mistake it for a nest as well.

[cruz]

The bag can also be used when you have an ugly girlfriend!!!!!!!!!

[cruz]

The bag can also be used when you have an ugly girlfriend!!!!!!!!!

[Ariel]

The bag can also be used when you have an ugly girlfriend!!!!!!!!!

That means you have to take it off your head

[ismaelg]

Well, paper bags have many uses like you can see here in a bomb squad.

This is my definition of a son of a...........

Sorry, I couldn't resist

[Mad Slammer]

Well, paper bags have many uses like you can see here in a bomb squad.

This is my definition of a son of a...........

Sorry, I couldn't resist

There's something familiar about the guy with the bag. . . Hey ARIEL, you used to work for the bomb squad, right?

[bobss396]

Not to interrupt the jovial thread here, but has anyone else given the tip a try?

[patrol52]

On the full size thing, the idea is to NOT touch the metallics (base coat) until some sort of clear is sprayed. Often they will spray an intermediate coat of clear on the paint and do any graphics on that, then finish (shiny) clear over everything.

I don't know how the paper bag would do, seeing as most metallic paint used on models is intended to be a finish coat and therefore much more durable when getting smoothed out. It sounds plausible, but I haven't tried it, although I will approach with caution (as in practice on something first.)

[v8horsepowercj]

Well, paper bags have many uses like you can see here in a bomb squad.

This is my definition of a son of a...........

Sorry, I couldn't resist

Yeah theres a good idea!!! Lets go scare the guy whos trying to disarm a BOMB mabye he'll just jump and not cross the wires up killing everything in sight LOL. Sheesh rubbing paint out with the bag sounds like a much better idea to me. I'll have to give this tip a try.

Chris

[horsepower]

Well, paper bags have many uses like you can see here in a bomb squad.

This is my definition of a son of a...........

Sorry, I couldn't resist

I bet the guy with the bag has stock in "Fruit of The Loom"

[Brendan]

Using a brown paper bag is an old woodworkers tool. It's an easy way to get a high buff without having to use expensive sandpaper. It's meant for finishing the wood after it's been stained or sealed.

[ScaleModelFan]

Another use or two for the old brown paper bag ... . I have also had good luck ... don't rub too hard ... with (new, not used ones) paper coffee filters. Great thread ... with a good laugh or two ... thanks guys ... always a great time to be had in this forum.