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                        Painting over enamels

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Painting over enamels
                        Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:23 AM
                        Just wondering if putting a coat of acrylic over a coat of enamel would work. Would like to be able not to strip it if possible. Thanks
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:56 AM
                        Chris,

                        That should be no problem as long as the enamel is dry.
                        We put Future on our models all the time and it is acrylic. Wink [;)]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        lizardqing
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:14 PM
                        Thanks Mike, I did think about the future thing myself a few minutes ago, time to go painting then.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:46 PM
                        Its no problem.
                        Infact if you have a model painted with enamels and want to apply a wash in the weathering process, its good idea to use acrylics as they won't damage the enamels.
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                        roosterfish
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Stockton CA USA
                        Posted by roosterfish on Monday, March 29, 2004 10:32 AM
                        Why not just use enamel paint to paint over enamel paint? I'm not trying to be silly but rather than trying to apply two radically different paint formulas to coexist with each other why not just use the two compatible paints? Acrylic paints are compatible with acrylic paints and enamel paints like enamel paints.
                        Winners never quit; quitters never win.
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