FWIW,

After cleaning all the flash and such I wash mine fairly thoroughly in a
bowl of near-scolding (or at least as hot as it comes out of the sink tap)
hot water with dishwashing detergent (usually for standard figures by
vigorously storing them around and agitating in the solution - sometimes
I'll scrub them with a large toothbrush), I then drain them in a sieve and
finally rinse them under a cold running tap in the sieve (to make sure all
the detergent is gone). After they have drained for a couple of hours in the
sieve and the worst of the water is gone I then leave them laid out for a
day or more on clean paper (e.g. a paper towel or old A4 sheets on top of a
sheet of cardboard or kitchen chopping board) somewhere sunny and airy so
they dry off naturally.

Any assembly of parts with superglue is done afterwards with the least
handling possible and figures are then immediately primed before any further
handling...

No conclusive evidence either way on how much difference it makes, but makes
me more confident the pain job will last better...

P.S. I use the same process for resin models of AFVs and such too, but just
with the water as hot as it comes out of the tap, no more (as some resins
lose their form if too much heat is applied...

P.P.S. And always give the bowl and sieve a good wash afterwards to make
sure there's no fine metal or resin dust and stuff left in them - you'd be
surprised how much of that fine metal dust and shavings and casting powder
and such comes out in the bottom of the bowl - it's a bit like panning for
gold in a creek!

HTH,

J.



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