The ever useful for modeling purposes floor polish goes by a new moniker now.
Klear floor polish models.
You can see its ingredients here.
It is sometimes referred to as a wax.
Along with a new name this s c.
Pascoe s long life self shining floor polish is now marketed under the brand name holdfast in new zealand.
Here at the magazine we ll be using its full name upon first reference and pfg after.
In the united kingdom and new zealand it is known as klear krystal klear or johnson s one and all.
None of which the old klear was causing.
Johnsons klear acrylic floor polish has been popular with model makers of all disciplines for the past decade or so and many of us mourned the day that it was discontinued.
Johnson product also comes in new packaging.
Up next polishing floor polish.
It has also retained both the clear colourless.
Be careful not to hit too many of your raised areas or leading and trailing edges as this will take the paint of of them as well.
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.
It is widely used by modelers as a gloss finish.
Part two of a series.
This is incorrect as there is no wax in it.
It is an acrylic coating that dries hard and has the nice feature that it can be re desolved by a solution of ammonia.
What i have learned over the past few months is to polish your paint job prior to starting your clear coats.
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.
It has resurfaced in a number of other guises since however the re formulated versions have not been so user friendly or as crystal clear.
The us rebranding of future floor finish to pledge with future shine apparently has been a genuine re branding only with no formula change and the renamed product performs exactly as the old named product did which was an identical product to klear.
We can t guarantee its identity internationally.