by waaytoomuchintothis » Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:45 pm
Bro, I don't understand why people still continue to dip cars in Future when we have been teaching people over a decade that it is a huge waste. Not to mention the dripping mess, and the drip edges along the bottom of the car that have to be cut off after it hardens. Completely unnecessary. Just brush it on generously with a wide brush, or air brush it on. It couldn't be simpler. I've never seen the necessity for a second or third coat, but people do it. By dipping, you use more than what is used for 3 separate coats, and you get no more protection than one well-applied brushed-on coat.
Do the guys you race with all dip the cars? Is it like a regional method everybody does?
Also, Future is acrylic, and when there is any tiny bit of an acrylic paint of any kind that isn't completely "gassed out", it simply dissolves it. Like pouring hot water on ice. It can take over a week as mentioned above, for Molotov and other acrylic paint pens to completely cure. Acrylic lacquer bottle paints have a lot more solvent in them and they dry very quickly. Enamels and other types of acrylic paints are thick, and evaporation ("gassing out") takes forever.