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Chris

Mean Green is a household cleaner. You can get it at Home Depot.   You can also use any household cleaner, such as 409 or the Orange stuff.  Even Windex.  But I generally use MG.  The principle behind this is that Mean Green will strip acrylic based paints, but not the factory applied solvent based paints.  

For "highly thinned," I have used a 50/50 mix of color and clear flat, then cut with about 4:1 with water.  In other words 10/10/80  paint/clear/water. Lee, of course, might use something different

By the way, that masking technique he developed really works well.  And its very easy

Here is another link decribing Lee's weathering techniques:

http://forums.railfan.net/foru...um=1164646326;start=

 

In the meantime, thanks Gene for posting this!

 

Last edited by John Sethian

This is excellent stuff. I have done some very light weathering on the occasional model, but getting into the seriously done treatments is a bridge I haven't felt like crossing. However there is no arguing the appearance value of well done weathering such as Lee demonstrates.

The trouble with model railroading is that there is always something to do...and one has to divide their hobby time up effectively. Recent retirement has helped tremendously....

Bob

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