Thinning Future Floor Polish

Wood finishes may penetrate sit on the surface or a little of both.

Thinning future floor polish. In the netherlands it is known as pronto wax for wooden floors with a brown cap or parket plus. It is made by johnsons and is available in most parts of the world although it goes under different names future in the us klear in europe. Some are more natural like wax. It is sometimes referred to as a wax.

Future is a water soluble acrylic floor coating that was developed by s. The liquid concerned is often thought of as a floor polish but it is actually an acrylic varnish that is clear extremely hard wearing it is meant for floors and does not yellow with age. Even if you don t want to use it on the whole model it s a great product to have around when wanting to shine small parts. You can airbrush or paint unmixed future and i do that when i want an inexpensive gloss varnish.

I thin it about 50 with water and it seems to have less tendency to pool. I start about 8 1 this mix with paint and adjust as needed. You may have heard of future floor polish. I usually do thin future a bit with isopropyl alcohol.

Others such as varnish begin with one. There were some very good replies and suggesions on the application to the model. It is an acrylic fluid that dries glossy and pretty hard. I usually use 15 psi that is about right to me.

It is milky white out of the bottle and dries clear. You can airbrush it fairly well but it requires either windex or an ammonia based windshield washer fluid to thin it. It is widely used by modelers as a gloss finish. For making magic wash i thin future 1 1 with wet water which i make from filtered water with 1 2 drops dishwasher rinse aid per cup.

Since i work mainly in 1 72 scale i keep a small amount in an old paint bottle to dip my canopies. See future floor polish folder from author paccardi on second page. This stuff is marketed as a non slip floor polish and is of an acrylic base like future. Johnson company in racine wisconsin for linoleum flooring.

What is the difference between varnish floor wax. I use the 71 mix commonly sold in drug stores.