Preparing Sprayable Filler

[Stuka]

Hey Guys!

 

Here's a little ditty on preparing mixtures of Mr. Surfacer Filler that can be applied with an airbrush as a 2-3mm wide line: very handy

 

https://modelpaintsol.com/guides/preparing-sprayable-filler

 

Thanks!

--John

[themongoose]

Great read. Going to try this to fix a VW Bus i messed up 

[Gazzas]

I saw this the other day and was quite intrigued.  However, my main gripe about Mr. Surfacer is shrinkage.  Quite often I find it takes multiple applications before the offending spot is filled, even though it seemed to be filled while Mr. Surfacer was still wet.

 

By changing the solvent to Leveling Thinner, is the shrinkage problem resolved?

 

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

Gaz

Edited January 7, 2020 by Gazzas

[scimitarf1]

Change to thick superglue and you will never look back. Why?

 

1. Mechanically much better attachment and effectively improves the strength of the underlying join.

2. Can be scribed

3. Can be polished

4. Hardness can be varied with the amount of talcum powder

5. Self levelling so will fill a void or joint and is less messy

6. non-shrinking

 

3 years ago I had heard about it but never tried it using Tamiya basic putty, milliput and Mr dissolved putty. Now I only use Superglue and talc for filling.

 

The only downside is the smell - my talc is Imperial leather and once sanding that is what you get!

 

Will

 

 

 

 

Edited January 7, 2020 by scimitarf1

[Gazzas]

12 hours ago, scimitarf1 said:

Change to thick superglue and you will never look back. Why?

 

1. Mechanically much better attachment and effectively improves the strength of the underlying join.

2. Can be scribed

3. Can be polished

4. Hardness can be varied with the amount of talcum powder

5. Self levelling so will fill a void or joint and is less messy

6. non-shrinking

 

3 years ago I had heard about it but never tried it using Tamiya basic putty, milliput and Mr dissolved putty. Now I only use Superglue and talc for filling.

 

The only downside is the smell - my talc is Imperial leather and once sanding that is what you get!

 

Will

 

 

 

 

 

I have used CA quite often.  But it has a weakness, too.  It doesn't like depressions that are too shallow and can be accidentally sanded away because it has poor shear strength.

[scimitarf1]

Interesting as I have done shallow depressions really effectively such as filling the resultant dip on the wing of an Airfix Vulcan.