How do you use Future, and Gloss Medium

[Gilvan Blight]

Finally found some Future Floor Wax locally and picked up a bottle. Now I\'m a bit lost on exactly how to use it. Along with this a while back I picked up some Vallejo Gloss Medium. Not certain how to use that either.

I know that you add Future to your paints so that it breaks the surface tension and helps with things like paint rings, etc. I also know that the medium is a good way to thin down paints without messing up the consistancy.

What I don\'t know is what ratio to use either of these things, and how exactly to phyically use them when painting. Do you just pour a small cup of future and have it next to your water pot, and take a brush full from there when mixing paints? Do you add it to a dropper bottle? Just not sure the Logistics of it.

 

[markstorch]

Well, for me at least, Future has two uses.

First, it helps if your paints start to dry out a bit. I have a good number of those horrid old GW bottles so I have to ritually open them up and a squirt of Future and a squirt of water and they\'re good as new.

Second, for I use Future for washes, especially panel line washes. For that I use about one brush\'s worth of paint, about 10-15 drops of future and about 5-10 drops of water. It\'s really nice and thin and controllable at that kind of ratio for me.

 

[COG]

found this on another forum.

FFW

good luck

 

[chris passeno]

I use it in a pre-shade wash to break the surface tension of the water.

I use it for regular washes to break the surface tension.

I use 2 coats of it straight after I\'m done as a gloss varnish and then put 1 coat of dullcote to knock off the shine.

I also use it with a drop or two of food color to tint clear windshields. A bath in that will not only make it super shiny, but can make it any color you want.

Love the stuff. And one bottle will last just about forever.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Awesome info. Thanks for that.

I\'m still lost as to how to actually use the stuff though. How can I word this better. Do I just open up the Giant Bottle and squese out a drop of the stuff? Do I pour some onto my pallet and use it from there. Do I put some in a cup like my water and use that? Do I put some into a paint pot?

I\'ve got this giant jug of the stuff, and I can\'t see just dipping my brushes into that. I was looking to find out how other people use it logistically.

I\'m glad to learn some other practical painting uses for it as well though.

 

[chris passeno]

For a Varnish, just squirt some on the palette and paint it straight on. I tend to airbrush it on straight in the cup.

For a wash, I make up a \'magic wash\'. It\'s 1/4 a container full of Future and 3/4 full of regular water. This breaks the surface tension and allows paints and inks to sink into the recesses of the figure.

To tint a windshield, just pour the future straight into a container, add a couple drops of food color and submerge the windshield into the mix and put it on a paper towel to dry.

If you want to take off Future, just spray Windex or rubbing alcohol on it. It\'ll come right off.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

That\'s the info I was looking for, thank you.

Should be trying it out this weekend, pending some type of unexpected family obligation.