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Clear Coat.
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 16, 2003 4:56 PM
I got a quick question, when applying Tamiya clear coat to a model , are you suppose to cut it or shoot it right out of the bottle as is? I see a lot of post where people are using Future Floor wax and I think that they are spraying as is right out of the bottle. Please advise.

Thanks a bunch.

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  • From: Washington State
Posted by leemitcheltree on Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:08 PM
I've always thinned Tamiya Clear a little to get the right consistency, but in truth, it's been years since I've used it.
Can you get Future where you live?
Truly, mate, it's everything people says it is. Goes on easy, lays down flat, dried very hard, clears up canopies and windscreens (then you gotta do better on the interior and cockpit detail).
I thin the Tamiya with isopropyl alcholol. I also have Tamiya thinner. But I just don't use the stuff anymore - I've found a better product.
Cheers
LeeTree

Cheers, LeeTree
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 17, 2003 8:00 AM
Thanks for the reply,

I can get future here in Canada (I think?) I will pick it up and use it on the next kit. And you are right about the thickness of the clear coat. I guess if I were to thin it out a bit that could be of great help. I will that a shot.

Again Thanks. Smile [:)]
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  • From: Tennessee
Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:15 PM
There is a link aroud here some where to a site ["Swanny's Models" I think it's called] and there is an excellent article on how to use Future Floor wax and even has alternate names for the product for those out side of the US. Could some one make a link for him. I haven't gotten the "creating a link thing" down packed yet.
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 9, 2004 12:06 AM
here is the link http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html
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Posted by robertburns on Monday, May 24, 2004 4:40 PM
I've used Tamiya clears straight out of the can with excellent results. It's now all I use. You can thin it with laquer thinner. A really good one is that cheap all purpose laquer thinner from Home Depot. I'm not sure which clear your talking about (their laquer spray can or acrylic bottle) but both will mix well with this laquer thinner.
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