Huh? The wash settled on the surface and not in the grooves? How does that happen?
Last night gave a wash to 3 small flats in G scale by Hartland Locomotive Works with intent for wash to settle in planking lines as washes do.
Except it didn’t.
The wash settled everywhere except the recessed planking lines.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Cars were primed with Duplicolor automobile primer.
Deck planking was given base coat of flat khaki Rustoleum spray paint.
Color effects were applied with 3 colors of acrylic craft paint.
planking was painted with Testors semi-gloss/satin Acryl clear since I many decades ago found doing that helps prevent wash from settling in texture of flat color instead of in grooves.
And the wash went and did exactly what I did all the previously successful things to prevent it from doing.
And indeed did prevent it from doing on the previous 9 cars of this type I’ve painted during the previous several years.