I’m sure some of you guys already know about this, but out of curiosity, how many of you use your wife’s old make-up application tools to weather your cars?
If you’ve ever cruised the make-up counters (not that many of you would have!) there are so many different brushes and applicators I imagine that would be great for that sort of thing.
Are you kiddin’? I have to swallow my pride enough as it is going into the toy section for malibu international cars and fresh cherries now you want us to hit the make up section too? I dunno if my fragile male ego can take so many beatings.
No problems here. My wife used to work at our Wal-Mart, so they just think I’m going out to buy stuff for HER. But she IS right; the makeup sponges, brushes, wands, etc. all work great for weathering. I mean, it doesn’t matter what the paint is used for (her face or model railroading), it’s still an illusion. [:D]
Sounds like a great idea but I’m still trying to get over the domestic shock of going to the fabric section of Walmart to buy the skirting for my layout
I need more time before sneaking around the make up counter
Here’s a gift suggestion - weathering powders. I went to a series of demos at my LHS over the summer, and learned how to use them. They’re very effective, and give great results. Buy him some Dul-Cote while you’re at it.
That’s not gonna happen. I use pastel chalks and the air brush paints. I can see it now…One bent prong on my wife’s mascara brush and she would put big knots on my head. Some things that belong to the miss’us should be left alone…Like she always tells me: “What’s hers is hers and what’s mine is hers also” …chuck
Those little triangular sponges for applying makeup are one of the best applicators I have used for applying powders paints and washes.They give a nice tecture with powders, are much cheaper than a brush and do a better job. I know a lot of really good weatherers who swear by them. At dollar stores you can buy big bags of them for next to nothing. Ron
Occasionally I make a foray into the makeup section at Walmart to get the brushes.
Pretty good brushes for the job. Sometimes wife is there and knows that Im buying the brushes for train stuff and has no trouble with it.
However, some folks in there apparently have issues and the resulting looks I get…
I doubt I will ever use all of the brushes, they accumulate in a blue box and occasionally vanish into the wife’s kit… the unused ones that is. Hopefully she knows to stay away from the bradgon powders =)
I’ve gotten many strange looks in the make up isle.[:-^]
Actually with it being Halloween and all it is probably a good time to make a trip to the make up aisles.
…“I’m just looking for some make up supplies for my Halloween costume,” he said.
I also have been in the make-up isle at Wally World, no one seemed to notice, on the other hand getting panty hose at Wally World to use as paint filters for the air brush is another story…Mike
You betcha Wifey , I use the make-up brushes and the triangle sponges all the time. usually when the wife gets those “free gift packs” at various counters, it usually includes several of the small brushes ,I GET THOSE !!! , She has sets of really good brushes and doesn’t need the freebees. I’ve got dozens of them now. And those triangle sponges are great for applying weathering powders and light strokes of ink etc.
As for the panty hose Mike, grab her old ones after she pokes her toe through them.
Yes, the make-up products work well for modeling. There are many items available out there that work great for model railroading applications. I recently discovered that an automotive product called Westley’s Bleche-Wite (that’s how it’s spelled!) works as a paint remover and doesn’t harm plastic (PLEASE test this process for yourself on a piece of scrap plastic that’s of the same type as your model. Never assume that what worked for someone else will also work for you.) The product is marketed as a whitewall tire cleaner (it works good for that, too). I let my parts soak in the stuff for several hours before the paint softened, but it came off. I’ve also had good luck with DOT type 3 brake fluid (haven’t tried the newer type 5), and methyl alcohol (also called methanol; careful with this stuff, it’s very poisonous). I have a whole list of solutions that I plan to experiment with, and they aren’t sold at the hobby shop. CAUTION: Use all of these products with plenty of ventilation and respect; we don’t want our hobby to cause our demise. The brake fluid contains ether which will make you dizzy and give you a headache. Use gloves. I’m not sure what’s in the tire cleaner; the label mentions “sodium metasilicate” and “sodium orthosilcate”, and says “avoid contact with skin”.
I’m babbling too much, and I’m gone.
I admit, I am pretty lucky as I get her “retired” brushes and left over squirt bottles. And, for all the times she comes with me to the hobby store, sometimes I gotta go in with her to the makeup store. (Oh her hobby store as she likes to compare it) So while my manly ego is takieing a hit, I save it by finding the brushes and looking for ones that will do a cool job. There are alot of brushes…
Some of her fragarance bottles or hair care products, or whateveer the heck they are (I just know she smells and looks great) work really well for misters for glueing or “wetting” the layout when doing scenery work. They have a very fine spray to them and usually are on the small side in size so they are easy to handle and sneak into tight spots.
Just make sure you give them a really good rinse, other wise you might have scenery that smells really good.
I use a lot of those brushes for weathering that were meant for applying makeup. They work much better and are much cheaper than the dedicated weathering brushes sold by various firms. As for feeling funny about going to the makeup section for fear of the loss of manliness, who cares.
No manliness loss here. Not after being married 10 years and taking care of necessary female things for the wife in shopping. Im way past that. Im simply amused by some of the reactions that others have displayed.