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Utilizing dullcoats - what do I need to know?

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  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Central VA
Posted by Drake69 on Saturday, July 17, 2010 1:02 AM

So how would I use the Testors products to produce the same effect? I'd like to get a nice, leathery appearance in the seats and use a flat black for the dashboard for a vinyl look, and possibly something else for the upholstery, like the tacky stuff you sprinkle onto the wet paint that gives it the carpet look.

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:52 AM

Testors clear coats (gloss, flat, semi-gloss) come in spray cans, bottled lacquer and bottled acrylic variations.

You may also consider something like Tamiya's X-18 Semi-Gloss Black, though Tamiya's acrylic line aren't the greatest fro brush painting.

  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Central VA
Utilizing dullcoats - what do I need to know?
Posted by Drake69 on Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:38 AM

Ok. I picked up a Tamiya 1/24 Toyota Supra MKIV model kit I'm going to work on shortly after my MKII and MKIII builds, and I want THIS kit to have black leather interior. I found basic leather acrylic paint in the local hobby store (for military models mostly), but was not able to find anything similar to black leather, and I don't want to use basic flat black because it makes the surface look "plastically".

A Google search turned up a trick where using Testors Dullcoat on gloss paints will dull out more "organically", thus using Dullcoat on a surface coated with gloss black will turn it to a leather sheen, which is exactly what I want. What I want to know is if Testors Dullcoat comes only in spray can, or is there a bottled version of it (I work better with brushing paints than I do spray painting)? Also, some people reported that dullcoat yellows with age. Is this true, and if so, what's the alternative?

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