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Vixen:
Do any of our members have hands-on experience of crinkly wrinkly paint? Black wrinkle finish paint was once very popular with vintage radio equipment and the like. The paint finish seemed to be very hard and durable. I have a few questions, perhaps someone can answer.

Is wrinkle paint an industrial process or can it be done successfully at home? I see rattle cans of the paint for sale on the net. Do they work?

Does it need to be baked to harden it, if so what temperature?

Is it possible to modify the process to get bigger or smaller crinkles?

If all goes wrong and I don't like the finish, can the cured wrinkle paint be removed with paint stripper or solvents?

Thanks for any advice

Mike

pirmin:
jason finished his last engine with a wrinkle paint , might wait for his answer

pirmin:
https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,12008.15.html

Jasonb:
Yep proof in the pudding.

As I said I used VHT "Wrinkle Plus" and bought online from Frosts - Long description on that page when you click "description"

https://www.frost.co.uk/vht-black-wrinkle-finish-310ml/

Depending on the part it went onto UPol High5, Upol Acid8 and also Halfords grey primer. Three - four heavy coats

Backed in kitchen oven at a modest 100deg C no noticable smell. This produced the wrinkles

Not tried stripping any but can spray a bit and try to see if it comes off.

Lots of videos about ofit being used, ways to speed up the wrinkles, etc

Charles Lamont:
Frosts describe it as "wrinkle crackle" finish, but as I understand it wrinke and crackle finishes are quite different, indeed almost opposite in the way they behave. Wrinkle expands and wrinkles, like a Shar-Pei, while crackle contracts and breaks into islands exposing the contrasting colour below, like a giraffe.

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