Best Method to Accelerate Paint Curing?

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Best Method to Accelerate Paint Curing?

Anyone tried an adjustable temperature food dehydrator?

Thanks

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I think a recent example illustrates why we should let the paint do its thing on its own.

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I wouldn’t go any further than a fan at low RPM’s blowing room temperature air on the model. :thinking:
:smiley: :canada:

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I agree biggles

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For figures I sometimes use a hairdryer- particularly for glazes. I would also use it the odd time if I’m putting oils on a vehicle. Never tried it, say, to get primer to dry quicker but with a low setting it might work well.

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Time. That is all. Accelerating curing time or not waiting long enough will result in the paint cracking/crazing, ruining your finish and your model. Don’t mess with base paint curing.

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Flame thrower. :rofl: :rofl:

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Getting a job - that worked for me like a charm! Paint something, get some sleep, go to work - you come back and the paint is perfectly dry!

Much later I found that the Citadel paints dry insanely fast in comparison to Humbrol Enamels I was using before.

Hope it helps - good luck with your projects and have a nice day

Paweł

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Switch to water based acrylics, as Pawel states they dry really fast.

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A word of caution - drying and curing are two different things.

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Appreciate the suggestions.

Airbrushing water based acrylics aren’t to my liking at all due to religious reasons. It is written in the Book of Armaments, #7 Commandment Thou shall paint with enamels, lacquers or lacquer-acrylics. :wink:

Assuming someone was “pig headed” and determined to proceed experimenting with a food dehydrator, what temperature would you favor between 95F/35C and 180F/83C ?

Thanks again

:pig2: :pig: :pig2:

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There are a number of videos from the miniature painting community that have been presented, such as the KEENSTAR dehydrator from Amazon. One of the YouTube presenters, Barbatos Rex, has a video comparing that one against the one he uses to cure paint after airbrushing. In that video, he mentions that he normally has his set to 120°F.

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DEFINITELY the lower setting.
Baking styrene above 50 Centigrade can lead to unwanted deformations, no bueno …

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:hourglass_flowing_sand:

:mantelpiece_clock:

:herb: (Pretend this is Thyme)

Patience.

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A fellow modeller regularly used one to accelerate the curing of his resin castings, I guess it should be ok for painting as well

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