Filling in trades - issue

[ujiro]

So I want to fill in some trades with white crayon but I have an issue. Tried to do this before, and I suppose I did my krylon too properly :P, and the surface is a little bit rough (but evenly rough, not uneven).

What this causes is that when I rub the crayon over the trades to fill it, the crayon that is left around the trades on the body sort of works its way into the small roughness of the painted surface. I can get most of the white gone, but what happens is that it leaves the surface rather shiny.

2 questions; 1, is there a way to get the wax away from around the trades after doing this, to restore it to just the painted surface not shiny? (without hurting the paint that is)

Or second, would spraying a fresh coat of Testor's dullcote over top solve this issue, do you think?

Let me know what you guys think.

[Drake]

If you want a really pro looking job, do it right with paint. Go to your local hobby shop and pick up a small bottle of flat white model paint and some thinner/cleaner if you don't have any.

[ujiro]

Thinner takes the krylon off relatively easy though. Although while the paint is wet, I suppose it is rather easy to wipe off. Is it a very noticeable difference between painted and crayon'd?

I just may do that, however, I still would like to hear what people have to say.

[Crunchmeister]

At Canadian Tire, you can get some stuff called Goo Gone. You can also get another similar product called Crayona-gone. It's basically orange oil. It will clean the excess crayon without damaging your paint.

[ujiro]

Roger. thanks for the info.