This is substandard.

[pez]

1. eBay. After an auction is over, buyer/seller get emails from eBay to contact each other. In the email it says that you can either reply in your own email programme or click a link that'd take you to eBay site to send your reply. I don't know about other emails providers, but this doesn't work in Gmail. If you click "reply" in gmail and do it that way, the other side doesn't get your message and you don't know that they haven't got it.
   
   Argh.



2. Rub 'n Buff. I love the stuff. But look at this picture.
   
   
   
   Both are the Rub 'n Buff produced by Amaco. But the one on the left looks like it was produced in the last millennium, right?
   
   I need this in "antique white", and everywhere I try to buy this, both online and offline, only has this in the old packaging. It'd be okay if the stuff works, but it doesn't. What comes out of the tube is all grainy and doesn't spread right.
   
   There seems to be only one UK importer (potterycrafts.co.uk) and that's what it's supplying to all the shops. All the silvers and gold ones are the new packaging, I guess because those sell faster. Of the other colours, I've tried getting white and blue and both are the old packaging and grainy and unuseable.
   
   I'm really not pleased. Might have to resort to acrylic, but I need one that's really opaque. I much prefer Rub 'n Buff because for the same amount of money I get a lot more area coloured, it dries faster, and it's streak/brush stroke free. The finish is just smoooooth, the results are far superior. I can't achieve that with acrylic. Dammit.

Comments

[khaoskomix.livejournal.com]

Have you tried thinning it with turps and painting it on? I find that can make rub and buff effective when it's a bit grainy, or I'm painting a very absorbent area where the good old rubbing technique doesn't work.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Yup. It became quite streaky when I painted it on sealed foam. Might try varying the thinner/rub and buff proportions and see how that goes though.

[acidraiin.livejournal.com]

That happened to me too! All they have in Canada is the gold and silver which was just fine until I needed a blue finish.

Have you tried the main site? I hope the shipping isn't too expensive to the UK.

:'D here you go:
http://www.amaco.com/shop/product-437-rub-39-n-buff-metallic-finishes.html

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Urgh, that's not good.

I just tried... "Standard Shipping: 3 - 7 business days (USD$ 70.00)"

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