Vallejo True Metal range

[scoots1m]

Does anyone have any experience using Vallejo True metals? This is the one in question: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001N1FK5U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm asking as I've been using it with some fantastic results, but I've gone and messed up and made a couple mistakes when using it. Normally when painting with acrylics I can correct these quickly with a clean wet brush, but this paint drys so lightning quick that by the time I'd noticed it it had long set in.

Does anyone know of a way to remove the paint? I've got some Isopropanol that i used while mixing the paint, but I'm not sure if that's going to ruin the blue paint job underneath. I could try mixing the blue again, but it was done with an airbrush and the gradient is using 5 different shades of blue so i doubt I'll get a decent match.

They are very small but here's a few pics of the mishaps:

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Cheers!

 

[Shady Character]

I reckon 'painting' on the isopropanol with a brush might be the best way to do it. If you time it right you should be able eat through most of the top layer of gold without overly affecting the blue underneath.

Grab a synthetic brush (I don't know if the alcohol would strip the oils from a natural one).
Work the alcohol into the mistake. It should start to lift. This might happen very quickly or it might take some time. Be aware about working it too much in one spot lest it start working it's way into the blue.
Don't be afraid to wash it off and have another go at it.

Alternatively you may want to work with something that isn't as aggressive. If you have any Simple Green laying around that may work better, though it will take time as it is so much weaker. That is also a good thing because as long as it takes to get through the gold, Simple Green is also going to take time to work it's way through the blue giving you more wiggle room.

Also grab a piece of sprue or something, give it a solid coat of blue and then put a splotch of gold on it. Let it all dry and then practice your method for removing the paint.

It's a difficult process to explain and it can obviously go wrong but a number of times I have managed to strip top layers of paint without overly affecting the layer beneath.

 

[scoots1m]

We dont have Simple Green over in the UK, or at least i cant find it anywhere. I've used Detol for stripping before so i gave that a shot as i thought it would be weaker than the alcohol. It did work very quickly and removed the gold and the blue layer sadly, but it did leave the dark blue layer underneath so it doesnt look to bad, certainly a lot better than the shining gold as all the mistakes are near edges where it would normally be shadows.

I think next time i need to give any decent paint jobs a spray with Gloss varnish before moving onto brush or other detail work that i might cock up, makes it much safer to clean up anything like this.

 

[Sicks]

Only just seen this but a tip I've picked up is if you take a wooden toothpick or coffee stirrer, chew it a little bit then rub it quite gently on the area you want to clean up it should remove little layers of paint, takes a bit to get used to, if you press to hard you might go down too far, sometimes down to the bare plastic, don't push hard enough and it basically does nothing, I've used it to remove freehand the wrong but it helps if there's a thin layer of varnish between the base coat and the bit that's gone wrong