[arnie]

Lynn,I tried your formula for skin colors and wet on wet painting style on my cowboy and I like it!!!! There is going to be a learning curve as it really doesn't seem to take much wash. After you paint your carvings do you seal them and with what? Thanks so much for all your help. I tried to find the answer to this by searching your posts, do you know there are over 500? Very good rainy day reading. Thx Arnie

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Ahhhh......the learning curve. That's what it's all about! No, when I show people just how much paint I use when doing flesh they are truly amazed that there is almost no paint at all. Once the figure is completely dry I give it a coat of Polyurethane, wiping off the areas where there is heavier paint with a paper towel. If you do this make sure you use only a paper towel and not cloth or kleenex. Those last two will leave residue. If any shiney areas are left once the figure dries completely I will spritz those areas with Testors DulCoat.

[arnie]

Do you use gloss, semi gloss? Acyclic or ?

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Minwax santin finish polyurethane. Buy the little can.

[Claude]

Problems with the Minwas can... I used to lose about 3/4 of a can of the poly because after taking the lid off the can and putting it back 3 or 4 times, it got bent or creased in places on the rim, and couldn't get a good seal anymore, so the poly would set up. I solved that by just pouring the Minwax poly into a clean, ordinary, Mason jar, then putting a clean lid on it. If the lid gets, it's easy to replace. I store the glass jar in a box with a lid to keep it away from light. Haven't had any more poly set up on me in quite some time.

Claude

[Lynn O. Doughty]

In all the years I've use that varnish I've never finished a can. It always sets up about half way through. Once it turns a dark amber color I toss it. Thats why I always buy the small cans.