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                        Acrylic gloss coat over acrylic base coat... ?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Acrylic gloss coat over acrylic base coat... ?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:11 AM

                        Pardon the stupid questions for a moment, I haven't AB'd or built a model in probably eight years or so, my wife got me back into modeling as a wedding gift.

                        So I shot a base coat on my 1/24th Nissan Z32 with acrylic Tamiya paint, sanded a few times, did a couple layers till it was even. I tested some acrylic (testors) clear gloss on the inside of the body to see how it would react with the base coat before airbrushing, and the damn gloss ate away some of the base coat and mixed with it a little too.

                        Would a coat of Future floor polish be sufficient as a protectant between the paint and the gloss coat, or can I safely use an enamel gloss on top of the acrylic without eating all the paint off?

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                        cruichin
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by cruichin on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:14 PM

                        Future should be all you need for a gloss coat.

                         

                        Steve

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                        Bgrigg
                        • Member since
                          May 2005
                        • From: Left forever
                        Posted by Bgrigg on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:49 PM
                        I concur, spray light coats of Future at first, then you can lay it on pretty thick. It dries to a hard glossy finish. Don't worry about the durability as the model is more fragile than floor finish is. We modelers tend to forget that it was primarily designed as a floor finish and not a modeling aid!

                        So long folks!

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                        Shellback
                        • Member since
                          March 2006
                        • From: Right Side of a Left State
                        Posted by Shellback on Friday, September 15, 2006 8:22 PM

                        You can difinitly spray a clear gloss enamel over acrylic paints , and i've never experienced acrylic clear eating through the base color acrylic . Maybe you sprayed the clear on to thick and to soon over the base color . Try spraying several light coats and allow some drying time in between coats . Sorry about your mishap but we all have them . Good luck.

                        Shell

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