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Title: Brodak Hawaiin Teal
Post by: Ty Marcucci on May 26, 2020, 02:54:45 PM

 HB~>

Title: Re: Brodak Hawaiin Teal
Post by: Jim Svitko on May 26, 2020, 04:15:08 PM

I have the same problem with the Hawaiian Teal.  The color is beautiful but the finish is ruined by those tiny, dark blue (purple) pellets.  Those pellets might be a part of the tint mixture but they do not dissolve, as you found.  No matter how much I shake the can, the pellets remain.  After painting, if you hit those pellets with sand paper or anything else, they tend to break up and smear, leaving a dark streak.

I tried straining the dope thru a very fine filter.  I can get most of them out but not all.

If you want a similar color, try the Randolph Tampa Green Metallic.  Not quite the same shade but close and no undissolved pellets in it to worry about.

Title: Re: Brodak Hawaiin Teal
Post by: Randy Powell on May 27, 2020, 01:31:17 PM

Ty,

Some of that will go away if you get a paint can shaker.

Title: Re: Brodak Hawaiin Teal
Post by: Randy Powell on May 28, 2020, 02:30:12 PM

i sprang for an electric paint can shaker a few years back. Solved some problems. But probably not yours.  LL~

Title: Re: Brodak Hawaiin Teal
Post by: wwwarbird on May 28, 2020, 09:15:10 PM

Quote from: Ty Marcucci on May 26, 2020, 02:54:45 PM

  Seems impossible to get the blue to dissolve and tiny blue dots seem to appear all over the surface.

 I had some Brodak Miami Blue a few years ago that acted the same way. I ran it through a paint filter and picked up a bunch of what was like a dark blue sand. It helped, but it was still noticable while painting. I threw the rest out when I was done with that model.