Alclad 2 Primers..

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Guys,

Do you use Alclad2 as a primer? Is it the Aclad2 Primer, or can the regular Alclad2 be used as a base coat?

Do you spray lacquer on it?

I'd like a copper base coat with a lacquer paint job but I don't know which copper I could use. Alclad2 has a copper, and a pale gold that I could use but I have no experience with the stuff.

Anyone?

Michael

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Do you use Alclad2 as a primer? Is it the Aclad2 Primer, or can the regular Alclad2 be used as a base coat?

Do you spray lacquer on it?

I'd like a copper base coat with a lacquer paint job but I don't know which copper I could use. Alclad2 has a copper, and a pale gold that I could use but I have no experience with the stuff.

I've airbrushed Alclad primers, and I've come to the conclusion that spraying from a rattle can is a lot less of a hassle, and all the primers with micro-fillers are kind of hard to clean up after - not impossible - just not worth the effort.

In regard to basecoats, are you going to be spraying a clear candy over it? If not, you would simply hide the basecoat, and then you could have skipped it. Also, make sure that the stuff you're looking at (Alclad website), is actually a lacquer. They have a line of hot colors that are enamels - not lacquers. For this reason, I stayed away from Alclad when I started experimenting in candies (I used Spaz Stix lacquers instead).