Vallejo acrylic matt varnish paint resistant...........wth

[shakes]

Hey, I recently picked up a can of Vallejo acrylic matt varnish for use as dullcoat and to protect my minis in between painting stages. I normally use Tamiya matt varnish which is phenomenal but quite a bit more expensive and I've always heard great things about vallejo so I decided to give it a try. Whenever I finish painting an area of a model I give it a light dusting of dullcoat. I tend to handle my mini's quite a bit and this keeps the paint from rubbing off while I continue work. Anyway, last night I finished painting an area of a model I was working on and gave it a quick dusting of Vallejo varnish. I came back to it this morning to start work on the next area of the mini and have discovered paint will not stick to it. It is beading off like rain beads off of a plastic bag. Really annoying!! Anyway, I'm going to try and give it another dusting but with Tamiya and see if that will fix it. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this.

Shakes

 

[Dragonsreach]

I tend to handle my mini's quite a bit and this keeps the paint from rubbing off while I continue work.
Shakes

Therein lies your answer.
In order to protect the mini while working put it on a temporary base and affix it to something cylindrical you can hold rather than the mini itself.
Old Flatop GW paintpots, a demijohn cork, a piece of plastic tube I've used all of these to stop my big mitts getting in the way.

 

[shakes]

I have a cylindrical miniature holder that I can take my minis on and off of but I still varnish in between as I tend to brace my mini with my pointer finger while holding the cylinder. This is something I've always done and never had issue. It's the new varnish that is my problem its made my mini bead fresh costs of paint. No stick!

Shakes

 

[shakes]

No one else had this problem? If you did have this problem did anyone find a way to fix it on a mini that it had happened to?

Shakes

 

[airhead]

The varnish was not intended to be an intermediate clear, but a final clear coat.
The paint won't stick to it because it is doing exactly as it was designed to do: provide a clear protective coat.

Learn to paint without touching your minis.
or
Get some more dulcoat.

 

[RuneBrush]

Agree with the above comments, dullcote is termed a "lacquer" which often isn't necessarily the same as a varnish. A decent varnish will provide a waterproof & touch proof covering.

Out of curiosity, what are you priming your mini with? Its not uncommon for me to support a mini with a (clean) finger too and I've never had issues with paint rubbing off so just thinking it might be your prime/undercoat doesn't have enough adherence.

One thing that I have just thought of is that last year I was working on a model that was primarily airbrushed brown. If I touched this with a finger then I'd immediately get a greasy finger print in the paint - this was only on the brown. My solution was to airbrush a very light coat of Daler Rowney Soluble Varnish. This was fine to paint/airbrush on once it had dried.