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Article #308Re: Paint age
From: Chaz Larson
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:34
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:34
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In article <1hnvboINNkfe@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aq479@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul E. Sincaglia) writes: > I have been out of modeling for some time and have recently > re-entered the hobby. I have begun going through my old > "shit" (some of it is just that) including allot of paint. > > Is there any problem in using paint that is up to 7 yrs old? > Some of the paint I have is Humbrol stuff that is at least that > old. The Tamiya acrylics I had laying around for close to 7 years were fine when I opened them. Some had to be soaked in solvent for a bit to loosen the dried paint that was sealing the lids on, but once they were opened they were all fine. I can't speak for oil-base enamels. chaz ..must think...bubble pipe will relax me and I think...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!network.ucsd.edu!ucselx!crash!orbit!lmt!news From: ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson) Newsgroups: rec.models.scale Subject: Re: Paint age Message-ID: <1992Dec30.163406.6146@lmt.mn.org> Date: 30 Dec 92 16:34:06 GMT References: <1hnvboINNkfe@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Sender: usenet@lmt.mn.org Reply-To: ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson) Organization: LaserMaster Corporation Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: chazl.lmt.com