Re: Hot Toys - MMS152 - Superman: 1/6th scale Superman Collectible Figure
Hey guys I hada fellow freak ask advice on dull coat and thought I'd offer some helpful advice to those with shiny spots who are not so familiar with customizing etc.
DULLCOAT TO FIX SHINY SPOTS ON HEAD
Testors dulcoat in spray format is best to use,
https://mfpilot.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=40_65_68&products_id=238
a few precautions... Make sure you shake the can well before spraying, these cans can sometimes be finicky and a weird mixture. 9/10 work great but every once in awhile... It's best to spray a random piece of plastic, an old toy, snapple bottle, whatever to test it first. it should dry almost immediately and there should be no glare or gloss whatsoever. If its completely flat its a good can and you can spray the head.
Hot toys heads take dull coat extremely well. But to ensure you don't mess up the gloss finish of the eyes and spray more than you need to its best to take regular masking tape and tape up all but a little larger than the area of the head that's got the marks. Especially cover up the parts you don't want affected like the eyes etc. Then you hit the exposed area with the dullcoat. don't douse it in it a light mist spray at least 8 inches away from the head. wait for it to dry, it should happen fast. Then if the spot is still there a bit its OK to hit it again. don't hit it more than three times because it might start to glob up, the trick is to keep it thin.
I'm willing to bet that when you take off that tape you would have a hell of a hard time trying to figure out what part was sprayed by dull coat and what was not. it's incredibly seamless on hot toys heads, must be the type of plastic they use, its great.
As for the neck, that's a complicated one... dullcoat will coat rubber no problem but the problem is that when the rubber bends the dull coat will flake white. So when you tilt his neck it will most likely crack. In this case you might want to try a paint on dull coat lauquer, acrylic base.
https://www.testors.com/product/136011/1160X/_/Dullcote_Lacquer
It tends not to be so flat as the spray but it also has more flexibility. and if you just lightly cover the two gloss areas on the neck, it will dull it a bit and be minimal enough not to flake, rub or crack when you pose him.
Good luck and hope this helps!
Ray
