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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, November 7, 2014 9:19 AM

I am a big fan of Glosscoat. I have used it for at least a quarter century.  Testors often comes out with other, new gloss coatings, but they always return to the classic Glosscoat!

I keep a few others around, like a can of clear acrylic gloss, but hardly ever use it unless I find a paint that is incompatible with Glosscoat, a rare occurance.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, November 6, 2014 11:23 AM

Testors Laquer Glosscoat has always worked for me.Also Vallejo makes an acylic gloss which also works pretty good.In both cases,I'm talking airbrushed.

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Posted by MikeyBugs95 on Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:48 AM
You could try some home paint glosses. I forgot the names but some paint companies make clear coats that are not model specialized. They're meant for home use.

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Gloss coats?
Posted by Whistlingdeath on Friday, October 24, 2014 9:11 AM

Hello. I'm new here and I was hoping to get some help with gloss coats.  For years I like most have been using Future but Ive not been very happy with it in the past few months. I know there is speculation about there having been a formula change. No matter. I'm hoping to get some ideas on alternatives that aren't equally horrible. I tried the Alclad and dont much care for it either. Thoughts? thanks!

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