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When to use Future and when to use Glosscote/Dullcote

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dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
When to use Future and when to use Glosscote/Dullcote
Posted by dmk on Friday, October 10, 2008 8:37 AM

Please give me a sanity check here...

 I'm not trying to ask which is better overall. It seems to me that each might work best in certain situations.

  Glosscote/Dullcote is laquer. It would seem to me that if I'm applying a laquer paint (like Alclad or whatever), I should use these to provide a topcoat to seal decals and my weathering (dusting pastels). I've used these for years and not paying attention to whether my basecoat was laquer, enamel or acrylic, I haven't had any issues. Maybe I've just been lucky? Maybe I've just been good about letting the lower layer dry a few days first?

 Future is acrylic, so it would seem to me that I should use this over my flat Testors ModelMaster acrylics to give me a glossy surface to apply my decals, then use it again (mixed with Tamiya X21 flat base if flat is desired) to topcoat my decals and weathering.

  So I'm still not sure which would be the better topcoat to use on enamels, although I don't use them much anymore.

 So does this make sense? Is it prudent to worry about this or am I overthinking it?

  Thanks for your advice!

 

  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Friday, October 10, 2008 10:43 AM
Outside of worrying too much *grins* I tend to use Future as a topcoat over decals before applying the final dullcoat finish; I feel it's a more benign substance since it's water based.
  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, October 10, 2008 10:45 AM

Glosscoat and Dullcoat work on laquer, enamel, and acrylics... I don't wait days, either. Heck, I don't even wait hours. I squirt 'em in 30-45 minutes after the paint flashes... Sometimes sooner.  I use a fan to speed drying time as well...  I prefer rattle-cans for glossing a flat finish for decaling because so far, no one has convinced me the Future is better or faster for decaling... And with a rattle-can, I don't have to clean an airbrush.

Can't tell you about Alclad, never used it.

 

dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:16 PM

 Hmm, I must be over thinking this. When I was younger, I just used whatever was handy and never paid much attention to what type it was. I don't remember having any problems unless I didn't wait for the previous coat to dry.

 I'll have to run a few tests on scrap just to ease my mind. I think I'm getting too anal in my old age. Confused [%-)]

 

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