Wood ships kits

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Know How to Take Care of Wooden Ship Models

• After having spent many hours and in some cases
  years to create a work of art, you want to
  protect your ship model the best you can.
• Protection starts at the build stage by avoiding
  chemical deterioration. All metals tend to
  oxidize to some degree. Typical metals found in a
  ship model built with Wood ships kits these days
  are Britannia (pewter type alloy), brass, copper,
  steel, stainless steel, tin alloy and aluminum.
  Prior to assembly, you should wash the metal
  parts with a mild soap and water, dry thoroughly,
  assemble then brush them with a lacquer clear
  coat. The lacquer clear coat can be found in your
  wife's medicine cabinet labeled clear nail
  polish.

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• To avoid biological deterioration, protect wooden
  parts with paint, clear varnish, oil or stain.
  Prepare the wood for staining or painting by
  sanding and then cleaning the wood. Sanding opens
  up the wood's grain so the wood stain or paint
  can better penetrate the wood's surface. When
  sanding is complete, remove all of the dust
  created by sanding. It's best to do this with
  something called a tack cloth-a pad made from
  treated loose weave fabric.
• Tack cloth catches almost every molecule of wood
  dust. When staining remove excess stain, wipe
  away stain which is sitting on the wood surface
  then rub the pigment into the wood with a soft
  cloth using a circular motion. Wipe one last time
  in the direction of the wood grain this helps
  promote uniformity. To deepen the stain color,
  repeat the process until desired results are
  achieved. Lastly, choose a polyurethane topcoat
  with the desired sheen. Oil finishes such as Tung
  Oil harden when exposed to air. Tung oil soaks
  into the wood fibers before it begins to harden,
  thereby forming a protective finish that moves
  with the wood.

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• Rigging lines on the model ships built with wood
  ships kits can be preserved by coating them in
  bees wax. The bees wax not only will prevent
  fraying but act as a barrier to moisture so that
  the lines don't continually stretch and loosen
  depending on the amount of humidity in the room.
  If using the cake method, draw the line through
  the slots in the container, two to three times,
  giving the line a small turn with each pass. Now,
  you could now run the line across the surface of
  a 60 watt light bulb to melt the wax into the
  line.
• For more information Mail id- rjeya_at_utsca.com,
  Contact Number- 866-865-7900, http//www.historics
  hips.com/, Address- 822 N A1A Highway, Suite 310
  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082, USA.
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