rickd13

Clear the car first and then detail paint. The Testor's enamel will work great over the clear and if you make a mistake detailing, the enamel paint will clean of easily with a little Scratch X or any other rubbing compound or car wax. The clear over the enamel will ruin the detail paint.

Those are ridiculous!

Testors dullcote works well to tone down overly bright chrome, try it on a sprue or part that will get stripped later to see if you like the result...

He is right. I do this as well.

The best method is dry brush. The car is cleared in lacquer, so I use enamel paint on the brush. It works great because if you mess up with the enamel paint it can easily be cleaned off by using Meguiar's Scratch X without damaging the lacquer clear coat or paint if you did not clear coat. I will take the point off of a wooden tooth pick, so it is dull, and dip it in a little Scratch X and remove the excess paint if it gets on the car around the emblem. It works great. 

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