I had tried Angelus before on 3 suits that I purchased from ebay, Angelus is not able to help because the black paint material of the suit is losing its adhesive property with the suit’s underlying fabric material over time. Stretching the suit when wearing it is enough to make the black paint material peel off
hi. just an update on angelus. 4 coat vs finisher particularly.
i tried it on a coated coat for hot toys midnight wesker. it was already flaking abit when i was handling it when applying.
heres the thing initially i mistaken my finisher as 4 coats so i applied them. result was that it did not dry enough like 4 coat and the coat wasnt strong enough so flakes still come off a little.
but once i applied 2 coats of 4-coat (which was hard to apply as it dries too fast esp in an opened bottle), it formed a pretty solid flexible layer and no more flaking. but you need to get rid of the brush marks that can leave milky marks (i suggest buy small rebottles and finish them as they dry up in bottles).
however i decided to remove all the pleather because the coat had special pattern which some areas flaked off...
the coated part seems to delaminate after i soak it in water but did not come off, i had to scratch and peel to get chunks off, this is just 2 coats of 4 coat plus finisher while the uncoated area just powdered off.
before this i did try folding and stretching it abit, quite durable as long you dont apply excess force. the coated area will come off easy if theres a broken link like an already flaked spot. the finisher, is much more weaker than the 4-coat.
problem is 4-coat bottles will dry out fast making it hard to use in future and are expensive.
so i guess for parts not under stress, 4-coat actually works. should 1 day the pleather really failed i guess the whole suit will look delaminated rather than powder off.