It is an acrylic coating that dries hard and has the nice feature that it can be re desolved by a solution of ammonia.
Klear floor polish models.
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.
This is incorrect as there is no wax in it.
You can see its ingredients here.
Part two of a series.
Here at the magazine we ll be using its full name upon first reference and pfg after.
The ever useful for modeling purposes floor polish goes by a new moniker now.
You may have heard of future floor polish.
I use micro mesh 6 and 8000 pads to go over the surface of my paint job.
In the united kingdom and new zealand it is known as klear krystal klear or johnson s one and all.
It has also retained both the clear colourless.
Johnson product also comes in new packaging.
What i have learned over the past few months is to polish your paint job prior to starting your clear coats.
Along with a new name this s c.
It is sometimes referred to as a wax.
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.
Pascoe s long life self shining floor polish is now marketed under the brand name holdfast in new zealand.
During the 3rd quarter of 2008 the product klear was discontinued more on that in a moment.
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.
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.
We can t guarantee its identity internationally.
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.