Ak interactive burnishing fluid ?

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Ak interactive burnishing fluid ?

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Hi Guys, just a quick question, my HL sherman has metal tracks and i was going to paint them to get them a realistic colour, then i remembered that a lot of modellers use burnishing fluid on their models, i've done a search on the site and found a few posts but i would still like to hear from anyone if this is totally ok to use or are there any horror :O story's about using it and wrecking tracks, i have got a lot of ak interactive washes and such that i use on 1/35 and found them to be very good but these models don't move :problem: , so i'm looking for a more permanent method such as the ak burnishing fluid , any other weathering tips or help will be gratefully received :thumbup: ,

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Birchwood Casey 'perma blue' gun bluing solution works great! And gives a great finish that looks even better once you have run the tracks in abit, used it on loads of metal tracks and never had a problem, how that helps
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spongehoobtank82 wrote:Birchwood Casey 'perma blue' gun bluing solution works great! And gives a great finish that looks even better once you have run the tracks in abit, used it on loads of metal tracks and never had a problem, how that helps
That's the stuff :thumbup:

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Cheers spongehoob, just had a quick look on evilbay and found some on there, it says it's for steel ( except for stainless steel ) is this the one i'm looking for, birchwood casey perma blue gun bluing solution ???,

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Yes Sir MB4....Coat it till you get the desired color...then stop....dab off the excess with some paper towels... as you have to stop the process...sometimes it will eat the HL white metal the tracks are made of

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Thanks ALPHA, eat the metal 8O :O that's what i was worried about, best not to leave them in the solution to long then i guess :thumbup: ,

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Model Builder 4 wrote:Thanks ALPHA, eat the metal 8O :O that's what i was worried about, best not to leave them in the solution to long then i guess :thumbup: ,

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:haha: ..Yeah it's good stuff though...just be patient..go slow and careful ...Definitely wear gloves :D

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ALPHA, gloves ??? i'll wear a bl**dy wet suit :haha: this tank modding is highly dangerous stuff :D

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Yeah dude that's the one, don't worry it won't eat your tracks, literally just brush it on clean dry tracks with a tooth brush to get in all the nooks and cranies, leave for about 10 minutes and then rinse off, gives a great matt black finish that wears great with use
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Model Builder 4 wrote:ALPHA, gloves ??? i'll wear a bl**dy wet suit :haha: this tank modding is highly dangerous stuff :D

Lee.
Blued fingers are hard to explain lol...but yeah ..wear gloves...the solvents in the bluing solution aren't all that friendly ;)

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