Charles,

understood and agree. Perhaps it's a question of semantics. What I was referring to as "pigment leaking", you guys are referring to as "powdering". I used leak as a term because water is involved and the color pigments are transferred to the sandpaper and bucket. But I see how the term powdering might be more appropriate as a powder is indeed what is left behind on the surface if allowed to dry and also what settles down in the bucket given enough time.

By the way, on re-reading my comment regarding your post, I can see that it might be understood in a negative way. What I was inviting you to do was to go ahead and post any comments or techniques you thought relevant in light of your sentence which began "Pointless to respond though, because no matter what you say,..." In other words, please do respond! In reality, this thread began with questions on my part regarding the compatibility of different types of paint as I was and still am in the process of finishing a model. This particular model was mixing a variety of different paint types and I was concerned with problems laying one over another.

At this point, the thread has served its purpose well thanks to the contributors and I have posted some of my recent findings in the finish process. However, I'd like the thread to continue discussing these topics further because, as you say, there are always other methods to finish that work well or better than what one is doing. I feel it is an interesting topic to us classic builders in general as we take the time and strive to finish our models in the best way possible.

Bring on more paint comments and techniques!

David.