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experience with Alclad cracking

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  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:19 PM

Your problem may be related to several factors:

Both Tamiya acrylics and Future require longer curing times, especially when overcoating with a different material. I'd suggest a force cure for this application.

Tamiya glosses (and semigloss) have a gloss enhancing additive that inhibits bond of overlying paint. This may be a factor here.

Future is supposed to be a good primer for Alclad, but Tamiya paint may not be. The solvent system in Alclad is extremely aggressive, and may alter the properties of the underlying, fully cured coating. It is not uncommon for such an effect to cause swelling of the cured coating.

I've heard of three coatings that have been used successfully under Alclad: Alclad primer, Krylon Gloss Black, and Future. From what I have seen and know of the coating system, I would not put anything else under Alclad. 

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  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: Baton Rouge, Snake Central
experience with Alclad cracking
Posted by PatlaborUnit1 on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:05 PM

hi alclad users!

I wonder if any of you have experienced Alclad cracking a Tamiya undercoat? I am using Tamiya semi gloss black as my undercoat, and if I remember right some parts may have also recieved a Future undercoat, possibly over the Tamiya.  I let that dry a few days and then applied Alclad and it looked brilliant for a while now it is cracking. 

I havent used the alclad black primer and I think I will go that route to repaint these figures. Has anyone experienced this problem?

 

thanks

David

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