Dave Toups Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Bob, I a post in "On the workbench" you said that you use Gunze B-501 Clear. Have you ever sprayed it over Tamiya's spray paint? I used Tamiya's Mica Red on a Nissan Skyline and clear coated it with the Gunze clear (I didn't have any Tamiya clear at the time). It looked good at the time but a few weeks later I got a lot of cracks in the clear. Have you ever seen this? I've tried to strip it with 91% Alcohol which softened it, but wouldn't remove it. I also tried CSC, but it did nothing. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Zoom Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Bob, I a post in "On the workbench" you said that you use Gunze B-501 Clear. Have you ever sprayed it over Tamiya's spray paint? I used Tamiya's Mica Red on a Nissan Skyline and clear coated it with the Gunze clear (I didn't have any Tamiya clear at the time). It looked good at the time but a few weeks later I got a lot of cracks in the clear. Have you ever seen this? I've tried to strip it with 91% Alcohol which softened it, but wouldn't remove it. I also tried CSC, but it did nothing. Any suggestions? Haven't had it crack like that. I've used it over Black Gold lacquer (car w/decals), MCW lacquer (race car w/decals), and Testors enamels. Never used it over Tamiya spray as I always used Tamiya clear over Tamiya spray. I've heard of occasional cracking problems w/people using Future, but I haven't had it happen on the few I've sprayed. I'm not sure what B-501 is composed of, figuring that it's a strong acrylic I'd think the 91% should work, but perhaps it's not strong enough (I've used 99% on some prepaints with good results). You might try some ammonia and see if that works. If not, Polly S Easy Lift Off seems to work on everything, but it will take off the paint below the clear. I was looking at my unbuilt Revell predecorated Goodwrench Corvette the other day and it had some cracks in the clear over some of the silver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Toups Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 Thanks for the reply! I should have waited until I had some Tamiya clear, but I got too impatient. I had thought about the PollyS stripper, but was worried about damaging the plastic. Of course, what have I got to lose, it looks like ###### the way it is now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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