Starfire73
OpenRocket Wannabe
Yes, another Future floor polish post, but please bear with me.
I have been using Future floor polish to clear coat my rockets for years, especially the bigger ones. One main reason is that a clear rattle can will create overspray on a larger body tube. When I see that I'm chasing the edges-the overspray-because they aren't glossy, I know I should have used the floor polish.
The problem is I used it on my LOC EZI-65, 4" body tube and it looked fantastic for a few days, then one day I walked in to my hobby room and noticed the rocket didn't look right. On closer examination the rocket had gone a yellow/brown hue. It looked like it had been left in a small room with a chain smoker!
Have you ever had this happen to you? With all the rockets I have done this method with, I have never had this happen. The bottle is a few years old so I'm getting rid of it. That can't be the end of the story though, because I have finished rockets even as recent as a month ago with this polish and have never seen it turn like this. Any thoughts on what is going on? I tried stripping it from the nose cone with a Pine-Sol (A NON-CHLORINATED CLEANER)/Ammonia/Water mix. REMINDER TO ALL - DO NOT MIX CHLORINE AND AMMONIA! The nose cone appearance improved a lot, but it's not perfect and it took a lot of scrubbing. I think I'm going to leave the rest of the rocket as it is. I'm concerned I'll destroy the decal, destroy the body tube, or make the rocket look worse than it already does. It's not horrible, but it lost its vibrant sparkle.
In case you're wondering I gave the Rustoluem White and Blue paint at least a week to cure before applying the floor polish.
Your thoughts?
I have been using Future floor polish to clear coat my rockets for years, especially the bigger ones. One main reason is that a clear rattle can will create overspray on a larger body tube. When I see that I'm chasing the edges-the overspray-because they aren't glossy, I know I should have used the floor polish.
The problem is I used it on my LOC EZI-65, 4" body tube and it looked fantastic for a few days, then one day I walked in to my hobby room and noticed the rocket didn't look right. On closer examination the rocket had gone a yellow/brown hue. It looked like it had been left in a small room with a chain smoker!
Have you ever had this happen to you? With all the rockets I have done this method with, I have never had this happen. The bottle is a few years old so I'm getting rid of it. That can't be the end of the story though, because I have finished rockets even as recent as a month ago with this polish and have never seen it turn like this. Any thoughts on what is going on? I tried stripping it from the nose cone with a Pine-Sol (A NON-CHLORINATED CLEANER)/Ammonia/Water mix. REMINDER TO ALL - DO NOT MIX CHLORINE AND AMMONIA! The nose cone appearance improved a lot, but it's not perfect and it took a lot of scrubbing. I think I'm going to leave the rest of the rocket as it is. I'm concerned I'll destroy the decal, destroy the body tube, or make the rocket look worse than it already does. It's not horrible, but it lost its vibrant sparkle.
In case you're wondering I gave the Rustoluem White and Blue paint at least a week to cure before applying the floor polish.
Your thoughts?
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