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Hello fellow Dakka folk, quick question, how long does Liquid Green Stuff take to set??

No more then 10 minutes. 15 at maximum.



EDIT: Forgot to mention, it has a 10 minute drying time when watered right down. Not sure how long it takes if not watered down. I shouldn't imagine much longer at any rate.

It depends on how thick you lay it on, If your just covering seams its 10 min or so, if you are using it to model fur, texture, ect.. then it can take up 2 1/2 hr depending on the thickness.

Op was talking about Liquid Green Stuff, not regular green stuff.

depends on what you use it on actually...
if you use it for filling airbubbles in finecast or just filling seams in buildings or gaps in models it usually like 10 minutes...

it hardens from the outside (air exposed area) towards the inside so usually you can start filing after about 10 minutes..

usually takes an hour or two to completely harden

It can take a few hours.

used it in thick paste form to seal a slotta base, took a long time to set. In standard "paint onto model" use, dries very quickly.

As the others have said "depends on how thick it is".

Personally, I use it for minor scratches and blemishes, or the occasionally VERY MINOR hole/gap.

For anything bigger than say...1 mm, I use other hobby fillers (vallejo, etc.).

Kewl thanks everyone

Snrub wrote:No more then 10 minutes. 15 at maximum.



EDIT: Forgot to mention, it has a 10 minute drying time when watered right down. Not sure how long it takes if not watered down. I shouldn't imagine much longer at any rate.

That sounds a bit quick. Have you actually timed that? You must be watering it down quite a bit and applying thin coats for that.

I usually wait about half an hour between coats of liquid green stuff, but to be honest I think it's a bit over rated. The first week I bought a pot I was like "omg this is awesome!" then after a week I went back to using regular 2 part green stuff on all but the smallest of crevices because the liquid stuff takes multiple coats and post work to get a decent finish. Even on small crevices you'll apply it and think "sweet, that's good" then come back after it's dried and it's shrunk slightly so you can still see the crevice and you need to clean it up with a knife/sandpaper and/or apply another coat. Regular 2 part epoxy greenstuff doesn't shrink as it cures, so though it takes longer to apply, you do it once, smooth it out, and it's done. No more screwing around.

I spent a day trying to use liquid greenstuff to fix the joins on the heads of the new plastic Thunderwolf Cavalry. The crevices aren't huge, but they're in a spot that it's hard to get a knife or sandpaper in to clean it up. After multiple tries and not being able to get a satisfactory smooth finish I just whipped out some 2 part greenstuff and had the crevices filled and smoothed out within minutes and a few hours later when it cured it was ready to paint.

dont mean to hi jack thred but has any one else had a hard time using liquid greenstuff. I am at a loss as to what it is good for as so far it just takes me longer to clean up after using it than if i used normal gs. But probaly me trying to use it in an orksih manner

toumas wrote:dont mean to hi jack thred but has any one else had a hard time using liquid greenstuff. I am at a loss as to what it is good for as so far it just takes me longer to clean up after using it than if i used normal gs. But probaly me trying to use it in an orksih manner

I've had really good luck with it on air bubbles in cast pieces. Honestly, that's about all I've used it for. I've heard a lot of people talk about what a pain it is for cracks and crevices and I could see it being a problem. It does tend to shrink a bit.