I am fascinated that floor polish is used on slot cars!

I have a couple of bodies I would like to clear coat. I have been told Pledge with Future will not yellow over time. Is this true and......

It seems applying a clear coat with a brush would not give optimum results. Do the brush strokes disapear? Thanks!

Jim Norton
Huntsville, AL

I've only been using this process for a few months, but man it works good!
After reading the tips here at HT I had to try it out. I did two cars with identical paint and decals, one clear coated with Future, the other with clear lacquer. After a few weeks the lacquer started to ting yellow. Now after about 9 months of both cars sitting in the open, the Future clear coat is still deep and clear. I brushed it on, let set over night and applied a second coat by brush. It leveled out on its own and produced a nice deep gloss and no brush marks. Simple water clean up of the brush and I was ready for the next car in line! I can really recommend the product!

-Paul

I have an old chassis mounted to an old soda bottle and I put the body on and dip it in future,give it a shake and let dry then repeat works great

Jim,
If you'll brush a light coat over the decal edges and let dry first, it will give the decals a little extra protection.
After that, I just dip the body, and let dry. Works great!

I do something similar to brownie. I have a variety of chassis cores mounted to 1/4" dowel rods not quite ten inches long. When I need to do Future, the body is snapped or screwed onto the appropriate chassis and I dip the body, fully submerging it in to the container I have of Future (3/4 full). Once I bring the body up out of the container, I lightly shake the body a time or two to get off the major excess. Next I spin the dowel/body over a container to get the rest of the excess off and out of the nooks and crannies. After it dries, I do the next coat(s) until I reach my desired level of glossiness. Has been working for me. :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

I have used both brush and dip methods. If you go the dip route, always check the body after a couple minutes for drips. They usually accumulate at the low spots.. the edge of a running board, corner of a wheel well.. Don't wipe it off, rather slightly touch a clean paper towel to the drip and let it wick off. I've dipped with glass in, but better results IMO are seen with the glass out. It will fill small scratches in windows, but it tends to pool at the base of the glass. The glass can be dipped by itself if a smoother finish is needed there..

I am a dipper. I keep a small, sealed, tupperware container half filled with Future around at all times.

I dip all my painted lexan racing bodies too, after trimming, taping, and pinning. I love the effect it has on the unpainted clear windows, it makes them look thinner than they are. The coating on the inside (painted) surface of the lexan body makes the paint job hold up much better. The coating over the tape helps keep oil from leaching under the tape and peeling it up. I use it on both HO and 1:32 lexan bodies and the results are universally positive.

I brush it on. I can better control how much is applied and any brush strokes disappear as it dries

Has anybody ever tried mop and glo? That's all I can get out here. Can I just dip the whole body "glass" and all?

I was thinking of changing one of my Daytona bodies to a road runner with decals from RRR. Could I just windex off the daytona decals, add the plymouth decals and then just dip it?

Has anybody ever tried mop and glo? That's all I can get out here. Can I just dip the whole body "glass" and all?

I was thinking of changing one of my Daytona bodies to a road runner with decals from RRR. Could I just windex off the daytona decals, add the plymouth decals and then just dip it?


Not sure, but if it's an acrylic floor wax, don't see why it wouldn't work. Could always get one of the small bottles and give it a try. Let us know how it turns out if you do test. :thumbsup: rr

Has anybody ever tried mop and glo? That's all I can get out here. Can I just dip the whole body "glass" and all?

I was thinking of changing one of my Daytona bodies to a road runner with decals from RRR. Could I just windex off the daytona decals, add the plymouth decals and then just dip it?

Isn't that what Bill Hall uses to make goop?

Add me to the dipper list. I also use the paper towel technique mentioned to "wick" any runs/drips off the lowest spot. Always works great for me.

--rick

When I first read about the use of Future, I honestly thought it was a joke!! :lol:

Isn't that what Bill Hall uses to make goop?

Bill uses Testors Liquid Cement to make goop. Have made some goop myself and it is just as Kewl as Future. I use goop to put my windows in everytime. Super Glue will just make them fogged up and distroy the whole custom job...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Bob...live to goop another day...zilla