Question On Testors gloss and dullcoat

I think that all dull coats tend to darken the underling paint, but IMHO the difference is not very noticable. I have used Testors lacquer rattle can dull coat and it worked fine for me. . I have never used the acrylic paint. 

I have never noticed a change in color when first applied.  A long time ago both products would yellow with age, but they seem to have fixed that problem quite some time ago, and have had no yellowing with either for a long time.

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Don Stauffer

I have never noticed a change in color when first applied.  A long time ago both products would yellow with age, but they seem to have fixed that problem quite some time ago, and have had no yellowing with either for a long time.

 I haven't noticed any yellowing but to me it seems to darken the paint quite a bit.  I used Russsian armor green on a Japanese Jack and before glosscoat I thought it matched the box cover art very well.  After it looks a lot darker to me

 

lawdog114

Try thinning it with lacquer thinner. Dries quickly too. I still prefer Testors DC as my final Coat. For Decaling, I prefer Alclad gloss. Dries rock hard in hours and the fumes are tolerable. My two pennies.

 

I'm assuming your decanting the dullcoat and using an airbrush?  I have a tendancy to either get to close or too far away and spray too much with the rattle cans.  Fortuneately I've discovered if it's too bad I can remove most of it with alcohol and re-spray or I can "fix" it by using the matt acrylic clear coat to even out the finish if it't not too bad

lawdog114

Try thinning it with lacquer thinner. Dries quickly too. I still prefer Testors DC as my final Coat. For Decaling, I prefer Alclad gloss. Dries rock hard in hours and the fumes are tolerable. My two pennies.

 

I just started using the Alclad "Gloss Clear Kote", and it is MUCH, MUCH better than Future or Testors' products. Dries very quickly, too.

I tried Future through my air brush. My kitchen floor never looked better.

Don Stauffer

I have never noticed a change in color when first applied.  A long time ago both products would yellow with age, but they seem to have fixed that problem quite some time ago, and have had no yellowing with either for a long time.

 

 

I have a couple of bottles that are 20+ years old and they have turned amber in color. I had a couple of older builds where the white base coat slightly yellowed from the flat coat so I hope they took care of that problem.

One Thing I have noticed when using Testors flat acrylic clear over dark colors, it tends to produce a faded/dusty finish specially over black.

As for the old Future, works wonders from making canopies crystal clear, attaching certain pe parts, getting rid of steps on thick decals, and producing a super hard glossy finish ideal for applying decals  and solvent type washes just to name a few uses. So it's not for just floors. We as modelers adapt tools to our need that are meant for other uses around the house. 

I've noticed the white dusty look with the flat acrylic clear coat as well. I thought it was operator error.

Greatmaker

I've noticed the white dusty look with the flat acrylic clear coat as well. I thought it was operator error.

 

I had the same problem spraying the MM Gloss Acrylic Clear thru my airbrush.  I did come to the same conclusion of operator error (I think I sprayed it at to high a PSI and to close to the model).  However, I haven't used it since to find out for sure.... I actually instead went with the old standy of Model Master/Testors Lacquer based clear products out of a rattle can and the Future Floor Polish stuff. Both worked with no problems.

you can use alclad gloss which dries but stays a little tacky.Also, you can use non-spar varnish w/ over night drying.What may appear to the eye in changing color is that the product has a tint spar in the mix.Testors is famous for that.Tamiya clear coate do the same in a worse effect.Future works well but also stays tacky.