[WWI] Future

[Helen and Chris]

Thanks Robert - very helpful.

I have visions of trying to explain to a couple of very nice people, dressed in white coats, that I'm trying to determine if this bottle of clear floor polish is going to go yellow or not.

Think I'll send the wife!!

Chris.


> 
> <<What no one is mentioning is that  Future is a basically a gloss accrylic 
> finish. I think acrylic gloss finish, available in art supply storets, could 
> be used.>>
> 
> a bit late here, but here goes- Yeah, Future is a gloss liquid plastic. I've 
> been using it as a painting medium for years. If you've seen any of my 
> Datafile cover paintings, you've seen Future in action. Those are done with 
> (mainly) Ceramcoat craft acrylic cut with, and sealed over with Future. Any 
> "glazing" techniques ( translucent effects) are just more Future, less 
> paint. There's been talk about yellowing...well, there's Future and then 
> there's future. Not all production batches are prone to this disaster. You 
> can actually spot which bottles are more likely to go wonky. It's why I 
> never tell my wife to "oh, while you're at it, could you pick up a jug of 
> Future while you're at the store". I like to personally look at any bottle 
> of the stuff I get. I can hold it up to the light, and any bottle that has a 
> possibilty of turning yellow shows right off the bat as very slightly 
> yellowish. Weird. But in over ten years of making paintings ( and 
> models)with the stuff, I've never had any turn bad that used a good jug to 
> begin with.
> RK....wobbly 
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