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Lacquer over enamel?

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  • Member since
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Posted by ajlafleche on Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:59 PM
I use a lot of acrylics in my figure. I'm just finishing one that was going to have decals and needed a gloss coat. Shot a very heave coat of Glosscote with no problems. The othe guy I'm finishing up just got a heavy application of Dullcote, again, with no problem. Of course, both had been sitting for a couple days since tha last applicationos of either oil or acrylic.

These two products would be more of a problem if you brushed them on rather than airbrushing.

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Posted by madmike on Saturday, October 30, 2004 7:20 PM
If you can, try Pollyscale's range of clear. Excellent stuff !

cheers

Mike
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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Saturday, October 30, 2004 9:50 AM
OK good, because I think I read somewhere that the lacquer could wrinkle the enamel or something. But the lacquer seems to be really agressive. Maybe I'll switch to the MM acryl gloss and dullcoat. Thanks a lot.
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  • From: Perth, Western Australia
Posted by madmike on Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:08 AM
Thin layers, mist it on otherwise the lacquer will soften and craze the enamels.

The golden rule is lacquer/enamel /acrylic but I have found that thinnly applied coats will allow you to break that sequence.

cheers

Mike
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Posted by styrene on Friday, October 29, 2004 10:28 PM
It is completely OK. Just make sure your enamel is sufficiently dry.

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  • From: Pensacola, FL
Posted by Foster7155 on Friday, October 29, 2004 9:37 PM
Been doing it for years with Testors Dullcoat...no problems that I've ever encountered.

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Lacquer over enamel?
Posted by Tankmaster7 on Friday, October 29, 2004 9:06 PM
Is it okay to spray testors glosscoat lacquer and dullcoat lacquer over enamel finishes?
Thanks, Tankmaster
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