novice111 wrote: |
Couple questions about future. How amenable is future to tamiya acrylic painted on top of it? |
|
Perfectly amenable. No incompatibilities.
novice111 wrote: |
I want to cover part of the model with future to act as a protective coat so in case if I mess up, I can just wipe away the new layer of paint without damaging the underlying old paint. |
|
This is not completely practical. Future is a clear acrylic finish and anything that will dissolve Tamiya Acrylics will also take out your Future. If the Future is totally cured (perhaps a couple of days depending upon climate and humidity), presumably you could wipe off mistakes with water, but as soon as the Tamiya acrylic paint has dried to the point of needing a solvent like amonia to lift the paint, it would also attack the future.
novice111 wrote: |
Which brings up another question, what should I use to wipe away the new paint with if I am using tamiya acrylics? Once I used windex, but I think it lifts both the future and the underyling paint. |
|
Amonia or alcohol, although either would likely attack Future. What you would need in this situation is to use an enamel based clear like CrystalCoat (I believe made by Floquil) or ModelMaster laquer based gloss. After fully curing, they should be safe against acrylic solvents, although you might want to do some experimenting on scrap first.