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Old 05-31-2023, 07:46 PM
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Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. Not quite the solution I was looking for but very helpful nonetheless.
As Thomas Edison once said amid the search for a practical lightbulb:
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Old 07-21-2023, 06:18 AM
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I have only heard about using Future on plastic or resin models, where it works well (or did a decade or so ago, which was the last time I used it - for eliminating scratches on aircraft canopies).

Apparently it just soaks into paper.

Have you tried gloss Krylon? I use matt UV-resistant Krylon to spray the model templates before beginning construction.

Don
Future floor wax was quite popular in the model rocketry community until it became difficult to find. Apparently it is now called Pledge Floor Gloss. Future sealed the paint and decals with a terrific deep gloss coat. But those are non-porous surfaces unlike paper.
I still have a bottle of original Future, wonder if it has a collectors value?

Don, does the Krylon protect laser print on card stock? Took away several boxes of laser print models from a previous job, but when creased the colors crack, showing white underneath.
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Old 07-21-2023, 09:04 AM
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Layne - So far as I know, and within my own experience, Krylon is a fairly benign* material that is unlikely to craze existing finishes and will work over laser or inkjet printing. I have never had an adverse experience with it and use matt uv-resitant krylon as a preparatory and protective coating on almost every paper model I build.

*Benign in terms of its interaction with paper, dyes, and pigments. It contains acetone and tuluene, so you should be careful not to inhale the fumes and to use the same prcaution you would for any product that involves solvents.

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I've used Modpodge over paper to simulate a water surface in a few model railroad dioramas and it seems to work well, the advantage being, at least for me, is that it causes no winking.

The other suggestion of using a workable fixative first followed by a gloss coat second also seems to be a viable suggestion. Definitely do trials beforehand.

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Old 07-21-2023, 11:34 AM
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oops, that should be "wrinkling" not a saucy nod to any casual observer...
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