messinwithtrains

I use rattle cans for my painting (please, no "get an airbrush" lectures). I'm working a project in which I applied the first color using Tamiya paint. After a couple of days, I masked off some areas and applied a second color using Rustoleum. It's been sitting in my kitchen for 11 hours now, and the paint is still tacky. I'm concerned that I have a paint fail on my hands. Will I be in trouble if I just seal in the tacky with a coat of Dullcoat?

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Rick Sutton

I sometimes use a paint that stays sticky

but usually in 24-48 hours it dries hard. I don't like to wait that long but when you have to..............

I don't think sealing it would be a good idea.

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UP4Me

Give it more time

testors dries faster.

Put it somewhere like a garage and leave it for at least another day.

Most people (me too!) rush paint drying.

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mjwitcofsky

Rustoleum takes a really long

Rustoleum takes a really long time to dry on models sometimes. I have painted a few hoppers oxide red primer and even when they finally felt dry they still smelled like fresh paint for a week.

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joef

Wait, and then ...

I'd give it 48 hours, and then if it's still tacky, hit it with a hair dryer or a small space heater. Keep it far enough away you don't soften any plastic.

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Michael Whiteman

As long as you can smell

the paint on your model IT IS NOT DRY.  The solvent has to work it's way to the surface to evaporate.  With two coats of wet paint, this will take a pretty long time.  Maybe a couple of weeks.  If the paint job turned out good, DON'T mess with it.  Start working on another project.  This is the hardest thing any of us need to learn.

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arbe

Temperature

Temperature of the room your item is drying in can have an effect also.  I've had items out in the garage that took long to dry and upon bringing them into the house, the drying went faster.  If it is too cool, the drying progress is retarded.

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George Sinos gsinos

Dry and Cure

When finishing furniture I learned that after paint or clear finishes Dry, many take much longer to Cure. Some of the clear topcoats would dry in a few hours, but they took up to 30 days to cure. During that time they were releasing gasses. If you can smell the finish, it's not completely cured. When you're layering different products, you generally don't want to put something on top of a finish that hasn't Cured.

I also found that when I had trouble with something taking longer than normal to Dry, it was often a sign of old product.

gs

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