Burnishing fluid question

[dierk]

Now then gents, being a white metal track addict I'm thinking of getting myself some burnishing fluid - after my attempt at mixing my own resulted in chlorine gas, I'm thinking a ready-made product might be best. The one I'm looking at comes in 100ml and 1l bottles. My question is: roughly how many tracks can I treat with 100ml?
Thanks in advance,
Dierk

[wouter]

Hi Dierk, lately I used the Ushi van der Rosten one for the first time on my StuG (I think it's a 100ml bottle, not 100% sure). And although they state on their website that you could use at least two sets of tracks, I found that the burnishing effect started to slow down after the second trackrun. I still worked on the next set but it took more time. So I guess 4, if you're lucky maybe even more? (You have to mix the Ushi stuff with an equal amount of water to thin it down btw)

Which product are you referring to? Quite interested in a 1L bottle.

Cheers

[dierk]

Thanks for the quick answer Wouter! I looked at several products - seems to me the ones aimed directly at modellers don't have the best interests of my wallet at heart: nearly 10€ for a 100ml bottle (Uschi) plus postage, and having at least 10 sets of tracks in my stash would require a minimum of 3 bottles...no thanks.
In the most recent issue of Modellfan someone used this stuff with good results. Seems a more reasonable proposition to me - a litre works out cheaper than 3 Uschi bottles.

[wouter]

I agree, the Ushi stuff ain't cheap. This one which you linked to seems very interesting indeed!

Cheers

[Tojo72]

Finicky stuff too,everything has to be just right,if the tracks aren't cleaned thoroughly with acetone,the effect becomes spotty.

[wbill76]

No more WW1 reenactments for you Dierk! Chemistry kills.