Testors Dullcoat

As far as I know the dull coat comes in a rattle can therefore no thinning is needed. Orange peel is when the dull coat starts to turn orange over light coloured spaces, and sometimes peels. Not sure how to prevent it.

i have a bottle of the dullcoat. it looks kinda thick to me.

Almost everything you wanted to know about Dullcote:

Testors Dull cote comes in rattle can AND in a bottle for brushing or airbrushing. It has talcum powder in it to provide the dullness, this has to be stirred up before using. It can be thinned with anything you thin enamel paint with. I prefer the bottle (hehe) and like to thin it 50/50 with lacquer thinner and then airbrush it.

Come to think of it, you can really make your own with thinner and talcum powder, hmmm. You could vary the amount of "dullness" by increasing or decreasing the amount of powder. Hmmm. Not sure about this one though

Oh yeah, Model master Flat Clear Lacquer Finish is the same thing. Model Master is made by Testors.

QUOTE: Originally posted by rufioizgrreat i heard that testors dullcoat causes orange peel. what is that, and how do i prevent it? i havent needed to cover with it yet, but i will soon after i finish with pastels on my tank. also how does it need to be thinned thru an airbrush?

I have both Testors Dullcoat and Glosscoat in the bottle and have used them often in the past.

The orange peel effect is what the clear coat looks like if it is layed on to the model to thickly, the clear coat surface looks "pitted" like an orange peel. BTW this will happen with any clear coat if you lay it on too thick. To avoid this use several light coats built up as you go, although with Dullcoat you don't need much to achieve a great result.

You can thin Testors Dullcoat with lacquer thinner, but personally I use the Testors thinner specified on the Dullcoat bottle to thin and lacquer thinner to clean the ab.

Cheers
Darren

QUOTE: It can be thinned with anything you thin enamel paint with.

Actually it can be thinned with anything you would thin LAQUER paints with, not ENAMEL paints. It's a laquer not an enamel.

Thanks for the correction MusicCity,
I have a tendency to lump them all together as "solvent" paints which I know is wrong.

Understood, I tend to do the same thing from time to time ("Acrylics" and "Everything Else"). Just didn't want there to be any confusion.

i have the Testors 'can' of Airbrush Thinner, it says for airbrush use only, with testors enamels. will this work? i dont have any "lacquer" thinner, so do i need to buy some?

QUOTE: Originally posted by I-beam Come to think of it, you can really make your own with thinner and talcum powder, hmmm. You could vary the amount of "dullness" by increasing or decreasing the amount of powder. Hmmm. Not sure about this one though

You would of course need some sort of clear carrier, otherwise you would end up with the same sort of white frosted effect that occurs when someone tries to clear coat with Tamiya Flat Base and thinner. On the other hand, you raise a very interesting idea with respect to using DullCoat. I know that I and others have sometimes had DullCoat lay down with a sheen or even almost semi-gloss. If one were experiencing that problem, I wonder if it could be solved by adding some more talcum powder to it? Hmmm...

If you have an Airbrush, I'd avoid the potential problems using Dullcote & use Polly Scale or ModelMaster acrylic clear flat. I prefer the Polly Scale, but they are both superior to Testors Dullcote IMHO.

Regards, Rick

QUOTE: Originally posted by ABARNE I know that I and others have sometimes had DullCoat lay down with a sheen or even almost semi-gloss. If one were experiencing that problem, I wonder if it could be solved by adding some more talcum powder to it? Hmmm...

I have read from other sources and people at meetings that you can do this kind of thing with multiple bottles of dull cote. Decant the carrier from one bottle and add it to another. You end up with one that is satin and one that is extra dull.

What might be a good carrier? Mineral Spirits?