{"id":1907,"date":"2019-09-27T15:29:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ngtrains-com.stackstaging.com\/blog\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2021-04-02T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T14:38:07","slug":"testors-dullcote-myths-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngtrains.com\/blog\/testors-dullcote-myths-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Testors Dullcote – Myths & Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The following notes regarding Testors Dullcote were first written for the NGRM online forum which is a member only forum, so I thought I\u2019d also put them on my blog and expand them a bit.<\/p>\n

The Myth<\/h3>\n

They\u2019ve changed the recipe and its not as good now and is different to the one you get in the USA<\/p>\n

There is no US and EU version of the recipe. The difference is the labelling. Years ago when there was an EU issue with the makeup leading to a big hiatus in the supply the change to the formulation was to reduce the quantity of solvent and add an inert filler. The EU rules didn’t ban the evil solvent just controlled how much of it there could be in a can. Don\u2019t blame the EU, squirting evil solvents around isn\u2019t good how ever you look at it.<\/p>\n

The EU labelled version is only made when its ordered by and EU distributor. In the UK that is Ripmax. Because of its nature they have to order it by the container load to get it shipped in nasty stuff containers. The result is that the supply can be intermittent.<\/p>\n

The root of the current drought (summer 2019) actually goes back nearly a year. A batch ordered by Ripmax had the US labels stuck on them and wasn\u2019t shipped and had to be made again.\u00a0 When it did arrive, the drought had worsened and they sold out in no time flat, faster than they have ever experienced.\u00a0 Now add into the mix Ripmax moving location and holding reordering of a lot of items until they had completed the move.<\/p>\n

Drought Ends?<\/h3>\n

Possibly temporarily as new stocks are due into the UK at the end of October, but I suspect they may not last long as I tried to increase my order but couldn\u2019t as it was all spoken for.<\/p>\n

Having seen the horror story of spray on paint stripper above I thought a few hints and tips for using Dullcote might be appropriate.<\/strong><\/p>\n