Storing weathered cars?

[quadk]

I havn't heard or seen anthing of the yellowing from dull cote either and some of my cars are probably about 10 years with dull cote on them, one is even a white car.

Jeff, the dehumidifier is like a definate must have in a basement up here in Wisconsin too. In fact my parents house has never had a spec of water in it and they have 2 of them running year round to keep the moisture out. I think they empty both of them every day to every other day. Also there air conditioner takes humidity out during the summer as well.

[cr6841]

I would shy away from dullcote...I've heard too many reports of 'yellowing' over time.

TOM!

Have you seen any of this firsthand? I really love dullcote and use it
frequently so naturally I'd want to know if there are eventual yellowing
effects. I have my doubts though. I've never heard any feedback about
it from any of my customers (4+ years). Of the three weathered cars I
own, the oldest dates back only a year and a half. So far, so good...

Jeff (MrKLUKE)

Jeff, you sell all of those wonderful cars I've seen?!? Wow...

SHAWN!

Yup! I look at it this way...until I get a working layout up, I don't really
need to collect hundreds of weathered cars. They would just be sitting
in boxes. I'll just keep a select few in my case and be happy with that.

Jeff (MrKLUKE) 

kluke,

             i use it too. i have cars that have a 5 yr. old coat of dullcote, the original color was not yellowing at all. i store all of my cars in my yard, sidings or in their original boxes.

[Trainman900]

If you use hunter scenery co weathering products (www.huntersceneryco.com) you can seal it with cheap hair spray. I found sealing your car with Hair spray is a lot cheaper and healther than a petrolum based dull coat products. You can also seal any cars that are weathered with chalks or other powders based products. Buy the cheapest hair spray on the market Thanks William

[John]

If you use hunter scenery co weathering products (www.huntersceneryco.com) you can seal it with cheap hair spray. I found sealing your car with Hair spray is a lot cheaper and healther than a petrolum based dull coat products. You can also seal any cars that are weathered with chalks or other powders based products. Buy the cheapest hair spray on the market Thanks William

Let me make sure I understand .. I should try hunter scenery co weathering products ..

[Trainman900]

John

 Try it you will like it

 William

[uspscsx]

The problem with hairspray is it doesn't dull the car, it leaves a sticky gloss. Ever try removing weathering sealed with hairspray? It's possible, but a mess. It wants to puddle and cake up. You're better off sticking with Dullcote.

Oh, and, all chalks and powders can be sealed with hairspray.



Matt

[Sokramiketes]

I haven't had problems with dullcoat either, but talked at length about the issue with a Soo modeler who has had white locomotives turn yellow.  In all instances, flourescent bulbs seemed to be the culprit.  If you keep the models out of UV light, they should be fine forever.  But, if your layout/basement is lit with a bunch of flourescent fixtures... get some UV filters.