Gerry Can Show You How To Prepare MDF Terrain
June 18, 2020 by avernos
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As if we would dare there @avernos, lol.
I use car primers to spray on my MDF kits and have no issues with them, however I do like the Shellac look and will be giving that a try.
A we have a Gerry Can of building Stone Walls and how to use those cheap plastic plants you can get.
Cheers mate I found this very useful.
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nice.
I’ve heard using a spray varnish on mdf can work although I’ve yet to try it.
it would do the same but I don’t own any, shellac is just a brush on varnish and sandable sealer so it’s the same thing but not aerosolised
Shellac is the main ingredient of French polish @avernos
I’ve used a MDF sealer by a company called Rustins before. No idea what’s in it but it did the job. Price would be between Shellac and PVA.
Cheers, was going to ask about the rustins sealer. Got some ages ago when I had a voucher. Glad to know that it won’t wreck anything.
I’d still test it on a waste bit first – mine has been on the shelf for a few years but I’ll try it out on a waste bit before using it on something important again (though I am 99.9% sure it will be fine).
Cellulose sanding sealer works extremely well. I used to sculpt forms in MDF and use that in layers You can get it up to a glass finish if you wanted and make it look glossy. Safety police will shout me down on it though. I prefer just sanding it with a fine grit sand paper before spraying letting the resin already under the looser top fibres “seal it” when sanding down, it doesn’t wick as much and I tend to get a smoother finish than your examples when airbrushing it. I think it would react the same if I used… Read more »
We paint lots of mdf and never seal, straight to the base colour every time be that spray or brush. Paint / Ink is made of pigment and carrier, its impossible for pigment to soak in, its made to sit on the surface. Watering down just dilutes pigment so most of the time you want to use neat paint unless you want an effect or using as a wash/stain. household emulsion testers pots, artists acrylics are excellent right out of the pot/tube and they don’t have toy soldier tax added. As for sprays, look at graffiti paint, hundreds of colours,… Read more »
Nice demo.
Shellac is a resin produce from the female Lac bug. Purist period wood workers get the dry flakes and dissolve them in ethanol. Silly people.
I’ve only seen the flakes and not the ‘final’ product … I guess there are ‘purist wood workers’ and people using something else instead.
Did a quick google on ‘shellac’ … and the only (local) source I found was selling shellac in solid form that needs to be dissolved in alcohol.
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Given that it was a site aimed at wood restoration projects I suspect it has been replaced by more modern things.
Great video thanks