Perfect Plastic Putty

[Nick]

Perfect Plastic Putty from Deluxe Materials. It is putty that works on plastic and it's perfect!

It was recommended to me by Chris last year and it is possibly the best putty I've used. Perfect Plastic Putty has the consistency of toothpaste. You simply apply a dab to that pesky crack on your model, smooth it off with a damp finger or a tool, and after 15 minutes you can start dry sanding it. Works well on seams and gaps too. The tube came with a nozzle which you can cut to choose your preferred output, be it a thick squirt or a thin tiny trickle.

I think it was only £3.99 for a 40ml tube and it should last a long time at my rate of building! 

[rickshaw]

I recently received a couple of tubes of this putty.  I quite like it.  It is easy to use.  I'd rate it slightly better than Vallejo's putty, which I've been using for small gaps/gauges/etc.  I still use Milliput for big jobs but I think I'll be using this stuff from now on, instead of the Vallejo putty.   

[kerick]

I ordered some from Hobby town. Its pretty nice. Being able to smooth it and clean up around it with water is really nice. Definately an addition to my tool box.

[rickshaw]

My only criticism is the style of tube they use and the funnel/applicator thingy. The funnel thing is too large and fills with putty that cannot be utilised once you've finished squeezing through it.  Instead, I just squeeze the putty onto a spatula and apply it by hand.

Apart from that, the 15 minute drying time is excellent and unlike the Vallejo putty, it does actually dry and adhere to the plastic well enough to be sanded after the time.  Means the model making has sped up (I usually had to wait 24 hours to be sure the Vallejo putty was actually cured hard enough to be sanded.  It also sometimes didn't adhere very well to the plastic and would just crumble away under vigorous sanding).

[kerick]

My only criticism is the style of tube they use and the funnel/applicator thingy. The funnel thing is too large and fills with putty that cannot be utilised once you've finished squeezing through it.

I cut mine off as small as possible and then fashioned a plug for the tip. Seems to work so far.

[NARSES2]

My only criticism is the style of tube they use and the funnel/applicator thingy. The funnel thing is too large and fills with putty that cannot be utilised once you've finished squeezing through it.  Instead, I just squeeze the putty onto a spatula and apply it by hand.

That's what I do as well.

[kerick]

I'm thinking of trying a syringe with a tube instead of a needle.

[Hobbes]

I've been using this putty for a few jobs recently.
- I'm using the funnel. Cut a tiny bit off the top to get the smallest hole possible. This worked really well to apply small amounts of putty to a seam, but the nozzle clogs easily. So I drilled it out to 2 mm - thick enough to get a ramrod in for clearing out the nozzle.

- Even after it's dried, the putty seems to be water-soluble, so my normal method of wet-sanding the excess away isn't optimal: the putty gets soft and it becomes easy to damage. I haven't figured out yet how to deal with this.

[kerick]

I've never used wet sanding on a model so that doesn't affect me. How about dry sanding the PPP, coat it with primer, then wet sand?

[Hobbes]

I prefer wet sanding because it keeps the sanding dust out of the air. Easier on the lungs (especially when building a resin kit). It also reduces the amount of sandpaper I need; dry sanding with 800 grit clogs up the sandpaper in no time at all.

[NARSES2]

I've not noticed the wet sanding problem but there again I've not used it as a "structural" putty. Mainly seams etc where the "lick the finger" trick is normally sufficient

[rickshaw]

I've not noticed the wet sanding problem but there again I've not used it as a "structural" putty. Mainly seams etc where the "lick the finger" trick is normally sufficient

I've been doing that as well.  Milliput for me is still my preferred "structural putty".  I can work with it while it's wet and once dry, I can sand and/or carve it to the shapes I want.