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How do I fix a mini that has gone tacky?


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The Sarcophagus was okay  this morning the tackiness had not returned so Pledge / Future + heating seems to be one way to get rid of the tackiness.    I have another group of figures (soft plastic non-Reaper and they were washed) that I primed with Vallejo acrylic primer (airbrush, no solvent) and they dried shiny and tacky.  However I primed some of the same figures with Gesso by hand and they were flat and not tacky.  I  then painted the Gesso by hand over one of the figures primed with Vallejo and it dried flat and non-tacky, so I guess it sealed the problem.  From now on I will base coat / prime all Bones and similar soft plastic figures with Gesso (it comes in black, white and grey).

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Yikes!  I have no suggestion where to go now, mostly because you’ve got a lot going on, but in the future I’d suggest going the boiling water for 3 - 10 minutes, followed by a cold water soak, then drying.  I think this does a better job of pulling unreacted polymerizing agents off the model surface.  Still, that’s disappointing because I really don’t think you’ve done anything “wrong.” ☹️

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