Can't win for losing

[Big10]

Had this awesome Spitfire build going and using quite a few resin printed stuff with our new printer.

Really hate the sizes of some of these paint bottles. Went to get some green out of a MRP bottle with a plastic pipette, misjudged the center of the hole and you can guess the rest of the story.

Before

After. Just gonna have to let the paint dry and try to lightly sand it. Talk about a momentum killer

 

[jeaton01]

Ugh!

 

[Rhino]

Is it acrylic? Swab with windex until all is well?

 

[Mo_]

MRP is not acrylic. Its a lacquer based paint.

 

[Big10]

Some of it ate all the way to the plastic.

 

[moon puppy]

I feel your pain brother....mine was mixing up those clear spirits when cleaning up a wash job.

 

[helios]

Sorry to see this. Was looking like a beaut. I'm sure you'll be able to save it later after the frustration wears off.

I don't have a pic handy, but I took a scrap of 2x4 (6-8" long) and drilled 3 recesses w/ a spade bit to use as a bottle holder whenever I'm playing w/ MRP paints. Like you, I love the paints, but not a fan of the stability of the narrow, tall bottles. With the free scrap bottle holder though, it's become a non-issue. The first time I used them I totally saw myself dumping $8 worth of paint on the spray area cardboard and went looking for a cheap solution.

 

[Mo_]

Yeah..I'm going to 3d print a holder foe those bottles

 

[helios]

Yeah..I'm going to 3d print a holder foe those bottles

An elegant solution, nice.

 

[Mo_]

An elegant solution, nice.

Drew this up after work. Something like this.

 

[jknaus]

Oh now that sucks. I feel your pain. I did a Bf 109 once and when I went to dull coat it I had run out of my fav paint. Asked at store and was sold Tamiya dull coat. Painted whole model and it dried looking like it was dipped in baby powder. The store guy who assured me it was the right stuff admitted he actually didnt know that it was supposed to be added to clear coat and not used as is. LLive and learn. I like the paint bottle holder you made. I hope you are able to recover from this as she looks a beaut.
James

 

[helios]

Oh, the flat base vs flat clear. I don't know anything about that....and I certainly didn't do the same thing on a certain Finnish BUK....

 

[Big10]

Lol, I used the wrong flat from Tamiya as well and looked like a powder puff girl. LMAO

 

[Heavens Eagle]

As much of a pain in the can this is and as bad as you feel about it, it IS repairable.
One time MANY years ago I was working on a 1/72 WWII German float plane and didn't like how the paint turned out. I decided to strip the paint off. This was the 80's and the go-to was Easy-Off oven cleaner.
The paint came off and all the struts broke down and the build literally fell apart. I cleaned the parts off and put it in a box for about 6 months. Decided to see if I could do anything with it and this was the result.

It earned a couple of first place awards and is still with me many years later.

 

[Brokeneagle]

on mate. As the others have said you can bring it back even better. I had to completely repaint my Fw190 right at the end of my Dragon and the Wolf project but it came out better than before.

 

[Paulw]

As much of a pain in the can this is and as bad as you feel about it, it IS repairable.
One time MANY years ago I was working on a 1/72 WWII German float plane and didn't like how the paint turned out. I decided to strip the paint off. This was the 80's and the go-to was Easy-Off oven cleaner.
The paint came off and all the struts broke down and the build literally fell apart. I cleaned the parts off and put it in a box for about 6 months. Decided to see if I could do anything with it and this was the result.

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It earned a couple of first place awards and is still with me many years later.

That's beautiful, Paul