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Aviva · Senior Member

internal wash vs. external wash

cowgirl · Veteran Member

External washes are used to change the coloring of the vinyl. Like if the vinyl is more orange, grayish etc. For example people will do a mint wash before they start painting. Some do that as a first step. And internal wash is when you use the periwinkle color on a translucent kit like the Secrist kits on the inside. Where you can get the underlying blue tones under the skin tones. They are two very different things. Some people instead of doing an Internal blue wash on vinyl that is not really very translucent, theywill paint the blue hues on the outside. Hope that helps.
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Brenda

Heather M · Senior Member

I only do external washes anymore. Internal ones are frequently too subtle, but it depends o the vinyl. You have to do them very very lightly if you do them on the outside though.

Tina W. · Guru

I agree with all the above. I only do external, however I use it to add depth it's not really a wash. I only use internal washes of translucent kits.

Buffington · Guru

I don't do external washes, I just do spots that I know will need the depth of color. And only on the non-Secrist kits. On the Secrist kits, which are made specifically to be done using the tranparent/translucent internal wash, I always do a thin internal wash. Tried it without and it just wasn't as real looking. Matter of fact, it's been a number of years and I still have the bub.