A Future Floor Wax FAQ

[freelunch]

Here's what I've learned about future floor wax so far:

-Cheap $6.99/750mL at Superstore
-Glossy
-Smells nice but doesn't mean its healthy to breathe it in
-Self Leveling
-Can be airbrushed/handpainted with q-tips, widebrush etc.
-Thinned/Dissolved/Cleaned with windex, isopropyl alcohol
-It is NOT as tough and hard as everyone says - It can be scratched/dented by a careless fingernail so please don't abuse it.
-try not to get water droplets or let a futured surface stay wet for a long time - surface will partially soften and get cloudy until it dries out again. At this time the surface is very fragile.

**If you get heavy orange peel with future, a way to fix the situation sometimes is to clean your airbrush by spraying alcohol through it. Instead of spraying this alcohol into a waste container, lightly mist it onto the future floor wax'd surface to remelt and hopefully get a smoother finish.

Best results for airbrushing:
-20 PSI
-unthinned
-airbrush 5-6 inches from surface
-don't linger over the area - pass over quick with no hesitatiton to avoid buildup
-make sure surface looks uniformly wet with no orange peel -haziness and clouds which may appear will clear as it dries
-avoid overspray; overspray will develop into orange peel and should be sprayed over with more future to even it out

[daggerlee]

Future is also very cleanable with ammonia. Spray some Windex, or generic window cleaner, or anything that contains ammonia through your airbrush.

Some modelers on rec.models.scale actually thin future 50/50 with rubbing alcohol.

[Hiroboy]

Thanks for that.

[Ghost_9418]

Cool, I found out that theres a bottle of future underneith my sink.

[Mainomega]

Oh, add this to the FAQ...

Mainomega can't spray this right if his life depended on it.

Thanks

[935k3]

Originally posted by Mainomega
Oh, add this to the FAQ...

Mainomega can't spray this right if his life depended on it.

Thanks

Try wiping it on with a clean tissue or cloth. With practice it works very nice.

[Deejay27]

Can you polish this stuff once it has completely dried?

[yellow15]

Yes you can polish it. i sand it using 2000 tamiya sandpaper and then use T-cut to polish it and looks really shinny after that. (but don't wetsand it)

[Vric]

so Future Floor Wax can make a better clear coat as Spraycan Clear coat ?

Never think of using that

is it this ?

[flyonthewall]

That's good!

I have a Q! When airbrushing what can you clean it with after? Is water enough to do it?

[935k3]

Originally posted by flyonthewall
That's good!

I have a Q! When airbrushing what can you clean it with after? Is water enough to do it?

Use clear ammonia to clean.

[freelunch]

When ever I polish future floor wax with Tamiya compound it always leaves the surface hazy with lots of little swirls. What's up?

[daggerlee]

There are better polishable clear coats than Future. Future gives the best shine without polishing, though.