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Halfords super fine finishing pads, no need for varnish!


old thumper

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It has just occurred to me that I have not noticed any mention of Halfords super fine finishing pads on Britmodeller yet. These pads come in a pack of two and cost about five pounds or so, I sometimes use them for polishing up matt enamel painted surfaces before decaling. A quick rub down with one of these pads leaves a matt enamel painted surface smooth enough to apply decals without the risk of silvering thus eliminating the need for varnish or klear. Also pretty useful for when doing a final rub down of filler.

The second picture is of a Matchbox Lancaster that I am currently building, the old Matchbox transfers have been applied straight to a unvarnished matt enamel painted surface that has been buffed up with one of these pads, no silvering has occurred while the paint has retained a semi matt finish.

Unfortunately I am unsure if Halfords still stock these, the last time I bought some was nearly a year ago and they are not on the Halfords website as far as I can see.

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I'm not sure those are the same ones, the ones I have been using are super fine. Next time I am near a Halfords I will pop in and have a look to see if they still have any, sometimes not everything is the same in the shops as it is on the net.

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