Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques

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1. How do you keep paint from thickening?

   By Kelp, May 31, 2014
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   • Jaxboat
   • June 11, 2014

2. Finishing Brass To Look Like Wood

   By Stuntflyer, May 29, 2014
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   • wefalck
   • June 4, 2014

3. Airbrush results in "fuzz"

   By jmorgan11, February 17, 2014
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   • gulfmedic1
   • June 3, 2014

4. Varnish, polyurathane or ? for deck finish

   By Captain Al, June 2, 2014
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   • Captain Al
   • June 2, 2014

5. painting the "Undersides"

   By geoff, May 25, 2014
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   • dgbot
   • May 27, 2014

6. Minwax Wipe on Poly - water or oil based?

   By ortho85, May 18, 2014
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   • dgbot
   • May 23, 2014

7. When to stain wood?

   By Keith_W, December 22, 2013
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   • Guest
   • May 19, 2014

8. Paint and Tung Oil

   By tinyellie, May 7, 2014
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   • mog
   • May 19, 2014

9. Removing paint

   By Don Quixote, May 10, 2014
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   • Don Quixote
   • May 17, 2014

10. Weathering/Eroding copper hull

    By Paraplax, February 27, 2014   

    • Weathering copper hull erodin
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    • hornet
    • May 11, 2014

11. Painting copper plates with white lead.

    By Wolseley, May 6, 2014
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    • Wolseley
    • May 6, 2014

12. HMS Victory Color Scheme

    By EinsteinTaylor, April 20, 2014
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    • dafi
    • May 4, 2014

13. If you want to simulate gold leaf on a budget,the Testor's square bottle gold is the way to go!

    By Lucius Molchany, February 7, 2014
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    • rafterrat_2005
    • May 1, 2014

14. Painting Brass

    By captainbob, April 30, 2014
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    • NMBROOK
    • May 1, 2014

15. Armed Virginia Sloop - to paint or not?

    By ortho85, April 30, 2014
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    • ortho85
    • April 30, 2014

16. When did this happen?

    By Q A's Revenge, March 4, 2014
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    • dewalt57
    • April 28, 2014

17. Dulling(flattening)the Finish

    By Stuntflyer, April 24, 2014
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    • Stuntflyer
    • April 25, 2014

18. The Color Buff

    By wallyh, April 13, 2014
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    • reklein
    • April 13, 2014

19. Blacken-it (or similar) in Australia?

    By -Mike-, February 19, 2013
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    • -Mike-
    • April 5, 2014

20. Paint type - which one to use

    By ship wizzard, August 29, 2013   

    • painttype
    • varnish
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      • varnish
      • primer
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    • rafterrat_2005
    • March 31, 2014

21. HELP with painting problem (edited by admin)

    By le débutant, March 30, 2014
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    • le débutant
    • March 31, 2014

22. Gluing Paper to wood and sealing Paper

    By BANYAN, March 25, 2014
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    • BANYAN
    • March 30, 2014

23. Tung Oil Finish?

    By cdogg, February 13, 2014
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    • rtropp
    • March 30, 2014

24. Runny primer; edges of thin plastic items

    By bhayss, March 29, 2014
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    • mtaylor
    • March 29, 2014

25. Tamiya synthetic lacquer spray paint-Any experence using it on wood?

    By bear, March 24, 2014
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    • hexnut
    • March 24, 2014

26. Painting fine details

    By bill24, February 14, 2014
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    • bill24
    • March 22, 2014

27. American Revolutionary War period American ships-what red paint would be the best for inside the bulkwatrks and gun carrages?

    By bear, March 20, 2014
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    • trippwj
    • March 22, 2014

28. Antiquing Boxwood

    By Kurt Johnson, March 22, 2014
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    • Kurt Johnson
    • March 22, 2014

29. When do I apply finish to the parts? (Moved and retitled by moderator)

    By nickc11211, March 19, 2014   

    • Finishing
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    • Keith_W
    • March 19, 2014

30. pledge problem

    By stevetuck56, March 15, 2014
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    • mgdawson
    • March 16, 2014