Weathering with Flory Model's Products
Weathering Wash
Many of the SIG members have been using Flory Models products for a number of years now, and others are slowly being converted.
There are two ways to use the wash, over a gloss or matt finish. If you apply the wash to a gloss finish, the effect is completely reversible and the wash can be removed with water. If you apply the wash over a matt finish, it is more difficult to remove, but it can still be undone, with 99% of the wash coming off, again with plain water. It is this that give Flory Models wash it key benefit. Other products leave a residue, this one doesn't.
In the photos below, the wash is being applied over a matt finish. I've done this because when it is applied in this way, a very slight residue of the wash is trapped in the texture of the varnish so it acts as a filter.
There are two ways to use the wash, over a gloss or matt finish. If you apply the wash to a gloss finish, the effect is completely reversible and the wash can be removed with water. If you apply the wash over a matt finish, it is more difficult to remove, but it can still be undone, with 99% of the wash coming off, again with plain water. It is this that give Flory Models wash it key benefit. Other products leave a residue, this one doesn't.
In the photos below, the wash is being applied over a matt finish. I've done this because when it is applied in this way, a very slight residue of the wash is trapped in the texture of the varnish so it acts as a filter.
I decant the wash into an old bottle top to avoid contaminating the wash with any residues of thinners that may be in the brush.
The wash can be applied liberally.
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The image below shows the end result of the wash, nicely accented panel lines and a very faint filter effect (note that their are two paint shades applied to the model which is visible here on the tail).
Pigments
Pigments, just like the wash are easy to apply and just as easy to move. I would like to claim that the error in pigment application that is described was deliberate, but it wasn't. Having said that, it does illustrate how weathering with Flory products can be reversed. I'd done the initial weathering application and left it for a few nights. Upon revisiting the workbench, I wasn't happy with the finish. Flory Model products let you sleep on it, and react to your weathering with a fresh perspective a day or week later. I've used two pigments, the pots below are a few years old and the packaging differs slightly from those that are currently available.
The images below show a 'starting point', with too much pigment applied, giving a messy out of scale finish that, on reflection, I wasn't happy with.
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By applying the pigment wet, with a brush, it is easy to apply a streaking effect.
The image below is a half way house, the pigments being removed with a damp cloth and cotton buds. I didn't want to take the model back to a completely clean finish, instead I took it back to a point where I was ready to start re-applying pigments.
