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Post by gothique on Sept 29, 2014 4:26:18 GMT -9
I'm moving house soon and will be locating my workshop in the garage. I am concerned about damp as I am in the North East UK (those of you in the South East US may have similar concerns about humidity). I already store a lot of my models in plastic boxes. I was recently told an open tray of salt in the room could help. Has anyone tried this, or do you have a better idea?
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 29, 2014 4:36:50 GMT -9
We have some humidity issues in the Midwest U.S., too. Some of my early pieces were not treated and show signs of warpage and fade. John Marsden from Wales and Darwin from the Pacific Northwest got me hooked on using Krylon Clear in a couple light coats before building the model and another after it is complete. I've been doing it that way for over four years and none of these models are showing any humidity damage. John and Darwin have dehumidifiers in their homes, but I don't. As far as a tray of salt, scientifically it should help, but I don't know if it would really be effective. This sounds like a question for all the modelers at www.papermodelers.com
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Post by gothique on Sept 29, 2014 4:50:52 GMT -9
Krylon has been suggested before as a way of treating models on uncoated card. Is that available from Amazon? I'll put this question to the papermodelers forum
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Post by Vermin King on Sept 29, 2014 6:03:09 GMT -9
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Post by gothique on Oct 10, 2014 11:43:42 GMT -9
ASDA our Walmart don't stock it, at least, not this far North.
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Post by Vermin King on Oct 10, 2014 13:10:17 GMT -9
They did not have the Krylon when I last purchased, so I got the Rustoleum brand clear, and it doesn't work as well. My normal first light coat caused the paper to warp badly. When it was mostly dry, I had to weight it down to get the paper flat again.
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Post by Sirrob01 on Oct 11, 2014 17:49:42 GMT -9
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