ACCU-FLEX PAINT
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the last Model Railroader there are a Ad from BADGER that show a MODEL FLEX
paint in the same plastic bottle from previous ACCU PAINT.
There are any one who can enlighten me about this....
I am realy puzzled.
Adrian Pardo. Buenos Aires. Argentina
John Colombo
Accuflex was never owned by Badger; Badger was just the distributor.
Badger and the owner of Accuflex couldn't reach a new distribution
agreement, so Testors took over the distribution of Accuflex and
Badger now has a "new" paint called "Modelflex".
As for me, I've switched to Pro Color. Better paint all around.
John Colombo
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Fredric W. Dabney
: Supposedly the Testors version is a refined formula of Accuflex, along
: with the clear bottle.
: The Badger Model Flex is supposedly the old version in the stupid
: plastic bottles which make all colors look like pepto bismal.
A solution to the bottle color is as follows: Spray the lid while you're
using the paint. You can seldom tell the dried color of a paint while
it's in the bottle anyway. This is particularly true of paints that dry
dead flat. In fact, in a few cases I have taken the trouble to cover half
the lid after it has dried and spray a coat of gloss over the exposed lid
so one can tell what it will look like in both conditions.
Fred D.
Inlinebob
The Badger paint is a new formula. It isn't any version of the old Flex.
Testors, on the other hand is the old Flex new again! Badger officials
said they don't know if thier new paint is similar in content to the old
Flex because the guy who makes Flex never divulged his contnet list.
Rob Davis
My Greatest Railfanning Thrills #6: Watching #261 accelerate to track
speed from the dike on Big Bass Lake, Gouldsboro, PA... a very sultry
summer's eve.
NHL Thought: Camp's around the corner!
Malcolm Alberry
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> As for me, I've switched to Pro Color. Better paint all around.
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> John Colombo
> jcol...@law.uiuc.edu
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John replied to Q re Acuflex
John
I have also tried PC, but have found that it is much thicker than AF - have
you had the same experience - I am brushing @ 20 - 25 Pds witha Aztek air
brush with standard nozzle and find that I have to really thin it - this is
good anyway cause one gets more paint.
I spoke to the PC owner who said that we may have to thin the paint , but also
suggested using a larger nozzle
Any f/b would be appreciated, as to your experience would be good as they have
a super range of colors and the shelf life of the new batch will be very long.
Malcolm
Rich Weyand
>I have also tried PC, but have found that it is much thicker than AF - have
>you had the same experience - I am brushing @ 20 - 25 Pds witha Aztek air
>brush with standard nozzle and find that I have to really thin it - this is
>good anyway cause one gets more paint.
>I spoke to the PC owner who said that we may have to thin the paint , but also
>suggested using a larger nozzle
>Any f/b would be appreciated, as to your experience would be good as they have
>a super range of colors and the shelf life of the new batch will be very long.
We were using PC at 25 pounds and the largest nozzle right out of
the bottle at MRIA and it went on very well. We just screwed the
bottle right to the airbrush. I wouldn't thin PC more than about
4 paint to 1 water for best coverage.
Look into what nozzle sizes are available for your brush. If you
use the same size as the largest Paasche it should work very well.
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John Colombo
>I have also tried PC, but have found that it is much thicker than AF - have
>you had the same experience - I am brushing @ 20 - 25 Pds witha Aztek air
>brush with standard nozzle and find that I have to really thin it - this is
>good anyway cause one gets more paint.
>I spoke to the PC owner who said that we may have to thin the paint , but also
>suggested using a larger nozzle
>Any f/b would be appreciated, as to your experience would be good as they have
>a super range of colors and the shelf life of the new batch will be very long.
>Malcolm
I'm using a Badger 200 with a medium tip at 30 psi. I thin the paint
about 10%.
The colors I have tried (WM Oxide Red for my NKP boxes and black for
everything else!) give me a better base coat for decaling than
Accuflex did (smoother finish). Since I simply won't use
solvent-based paints, this is so far the best stuff I've tried for my
rolling stock.
John Colombo
jcol...@law.uiuc.edu
Nathanael W Berry
coagulated in the bottle. The shop where I bought it is out of
buisness, so I sent a letter to Badger explaining the situation. I got
a semi-form letter from Badger regretting the occurance, and suggesting
I return them to the place of purchase (???). At that time, I was at 3
or 4 bottles. Recently I have found that a few more are "ex"paint. Does
anyone know if there are any other return programs directly to
AccuFlex? My current shop said that they had a limitted time period to
return the paints and that badger no longer accepted shop returns (as
of last year some time). It's not a bank $$ breaker - I have a total of
twelve or so bottles, half have gone bad.
Thanks
Nate
Marty Gregor
sent directly to Badger. That was about six or eight months ago, tho.
They swapped it out for the new formula without any questions. Hope this
helps.
Marty