Hi all,
I spent a long time airbrushing some 1/24 wheels that I had stripped using bleach.
I'll share the results when the wheels are fully done.
The full process was strip chrome --> clean & dry --> tamiya liquid surface primer --> mr color C2 Gloss black --> Mr Color Super Metallic (Super Chrome Silver SM206) --> Tamiya X-22 clear.
So the X-22 clear is a good way to protect the fragile metallic finish without reducing the shine very much.
Just wanted to put it out there that in my testing the Tamiya X-22 clear gloss did not reduce the metallic shine anywhere near as much as lacquer based clear coats such as the Mr Color GX UV-Cut gloss clear.
I did a spoon test and while the GX UV cut gloss drastically dulled the appearance, the X-22 still looks pretty shiny.
