Baking artist oil onto wheelsets?

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Hawkeye251

Hawkeye251

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I'm painting the wheels for my GP40-2 (yes that project is still alive :-) using Brian Banna's method: http://www.6axlepwr.com/CIM_SD38d2_trucks_01.html

I primed the face of each wheel with Polly Scale Undercoat Lt. Gray which I let dry completely (took about 2 days). Next, I stippled on artist oil Raw Sienna, but found that the texture didn't look quite right. I wiped it off and reapplied a much smaller amount which looks better, but I'll need to do a couple of coats.

Unfortunately, the oil doesn't want to dry. It's pretty cold here right now (heat is the only utility we pay, so we're pretty miserly with it). And I wouldn't be surprised if that's having some effect. I'm considering baking on the paint, as is recommended with brass.

Does anyone have any experience with baking oils? The wheels are solid nickel silver which I presume is oven safe.
 
I dunno, I myself avoid baking anything, mostly because I use allot of plastics. I'm sure it would work, but I have not experience. HOWEVER, thanks for that link, I'm going to have to test that out on one of my current projects.
 
Yes, you can heat the wheels. I'd try about an hour at 150 degrees as long as you're certain there are no plastic insulators in the wheels or axles. I read the link and, I must say, that seems to be a huge amount of work for a detail that's hardly going to be seen once the model is assembled. I think he should have said something about thinning the artist's oils first since they take a looong time to dry straight from the tube.
 


heating the oils after applying I donno how it will react, have U considered heating the wheels before applying the oils? they don't have to be red hot, but warm enough to cure teh paint and at the same time not wrinkle it while applying. I don't think it will take more then 3 mins to apply the oils on each wheel, so I guess it might work like this.
 
Thanks guys. I was wondering about thinning the oils but wasn't sure since one of Brians steps was to put the oil on an index card to pull out some of the liquid.

I'll check on the P:87 forum, but I'm fairly certain there's no plastic in the wheels (they're half axles, so don't need to be insulated).

I have some spare wheels lying around. I'll try baking one of them first and see if that helps. I'll just have to be careful when handling it :-)

Chris
 
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