I have never applied a wash before and had a couple of questions. I use Gunze and MM paints, so after painting and then applying future:

How long do you let the future dry before applying the wash?

Do I use gloss black really thinned down?

How long do I let the wash dry for before removing with q-tips?

What kind of thinner do you dip the q-tips in to remove the wash and does it hurt the future coating?

Or, any on line step by step artilces on how to apply a wash would be much appreciated.

Thank so much.

Hope this helps a bit...

1. Let the future dry for 24 hours.

2. My wash is more dirty thinner than thinned black. I put a couple of drops of gloss black(seems to flow better than flat) to a clean amount of thinner, and add thinner as neccessary to make it the consistency water.

3. I let it dry for another 24 hours to let all the spirits evaporate.

4. I use MM thinner to remove the excess.

Additionally, in areas where I don't want an overall wash but just a highlighting of panels, use a 00 brush to apply it and most of the time it won't over-run the crevices and you won't have to wipe very much at all.

Hi Mesher,

This may help: Fred's Wash Techniques