A short question about varnish

[fsn]

I stick to Rimmel Sweetie Crush.

Candyfloss Cutie is my favouite, but sometimes I do each nail in a different colour.

[Techno]

 

[Wulf]

I so wanted to find a picture of a pink Centurion, but all I could find were various Soviet types and an Abbot... 

[Leman]

An Abbot in a pink cassock? 

[Plasticoutsider]

I feel like I'm on channel 5...
And anyway, there's no way I'm painting fingernails on 10mm figures.  Unless...  A challenge, eh?

[Womble67]

Hi all I use humbrol either gloss or matt and have never had any problems

Take care

Andy

[Norm]

I have gone to hand brushing to avoid sprays - I don't really have a safe space to use a spray in.

I am using Winsor & Newton Galeria Matt.

I was putting two coast on for extra strength, but felt it gave a bit of clouding, so I dropped to 1 coat. Everything seems OK. It's not a lot of work.

Once everything is based, I just do another light stroke of varnish on the outside figures 'flanks' as this will be the part of the base that is handled the most.

[Hertsblue]

The Vallejo matt varnish is the flattest matt I've come across so far. Matt over gloss is a well-tried recipe if you don't mind the wait between coats. Matt varnish on its own sometimes reacts with the underlying paint. Having said that, I've not had any problems with the Vallejo.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Liked Vallejo spray, but it is becoming difficult to find...
Trying AP at the mo. Not sure why their Matt is occasionally shiny?

[Hertsblue]

I brush mine on, Will. With 10mm it doesn't take much longer than spraying and I always manage to get a better coverage. For some makes the amount of shine seems to vary from batch to batch.

[Leman]

I concur; brushing on avoids the vagaries of the spray varnishes, and if you've put all that effort into painting in the first place it seems a shame to then take a chance on a spray that you don't fully trust.

[Techno]

Only tip I've got regarding checking spray varnishes, is that I used to spray a tiny section of a piece of newspaper before using the varnish on a figure (or figures).....
It partially soaks into, and therefore dries on the paper really, really quickly....and gives you a chance to see whether it's going to be a bit 'iffy'.

Might be of some use ?

Cheers - Phil

[Subedai]

Over the years I've tried everything...including hairspray! Acrylic varnishes are okay in their way but I found the gloss to be more eggshell even after a couple of coats.My last combination was a Poundland Gloss followed by a Daler-Rowney Soluble Matt -both oil based. The D-R Matt is the dogs nads for flatness as far as I am concerned. Nowadays, as my chaps don't really get as much as they used to I use the D-R Matt straight onto the painted figures. Can't say I've ever tried spray but if it's anything like the undercoat I'd have to go over it with a brush anyway.

[WeeWars]

At the moment, all my 10mm are getting two brushed-on coats of Vallejo matte varnish. Nice finish and no need to use gloss first. And easy to use.

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost131.htm

Cheers, Michael

[Plasticoutsider]

As ever, thanks so much for all the replies - really useful!