From: Foxx Travis <lordkalvin2002@y...>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:18:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: miniature grunge
I recently acquired some vintage miniatures (these were the minis I wanted, but couldn't afford back in the early 80's). Anyway, I'm very happy to have them, but many have a "corrosion" on them. I assume that this needs to be cleaned off before I paint. Two questions: What exactly is this "corrosion"? And how do I remove it correctly? Thanks in advance..
From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:30:45 -0500
Subject: Re: miniature grunge
Prolly lead rot. Seek ye in the archive: > Actually the archive's now at http://lists.firedrake.org/gzg/ . Can anyone refresh my mind about other names? I noticed it was called 'pewter plague', but I seem to recall something like frost or craze or mold or ...? The_Beast
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:50:49 +0200
Subject: Re: miniature grunge
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From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 07:06:36 -0500
Subject: Re: miniature grunge
Thanks, Karl! 'Bloom' it was! The_Beast
From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:39:35 -0500
Subject: Re: miniature grunge
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:18:29 -0700 (PDT), Foxx Travis > <lordkalvin2002@yahoo.com> wrote: > What exactly is this "corrosion"? Karl's message about it, with the link to the U.S. Navy's site, is more than you'll need to know. The secret seems to be to excise the rotted area, and then promptly paint the figure. While they suggest at the navy site that water based paints don't work to eliminate lead rot (I'm going by memory; I seem to remember them saying something like that), I found that priming the figure with spray primer, then painting with acrylic paints, and then top coating them effectively seals them from the air. I have a couple of figures that had lead rot, but 10 years later they are still fine, encased in paint.