dull paint made glossy?

[youpey]

there is a dull tamiya paint, as29 which i think is really nice. however, its a dull color. what would be required to make it glossy for a car?  Would a tamiya clear coat be enough?

[Snake45]

Yes, just clearcoat it. The Model Master lacquer system was based on flat basecoats with clear glosses. 

About 30 years ago I painted this Camaro with Model Master military Flat Interior Green 34151 and clearcoated it with Model Master Clear Top Coat enamel. Came out fine. 

[BeakDoc]

To expand on what Snake said; gloss clear, wet sand and polish will make her shine. Testors Wet Look clear and Model Master work great over Tamiya paints. A word of caution, though, I’ve never had any success spraying Tamiya products over Model Master products. The following builds were all Tamiya AS (dull) lacquers with Testors Wet Look clear. The Galaxie and Imperial got a coat of Tamiya Pearl Clear between the paint and gloss clear.

edit: the Porsche is the AS-29 Gray Green you mentioned in your original post.

Edited March 27, 2021 by BeakDoc

[Plowboy]

I would recommend using TS-13 over the AS-29. I've also sprayed a coat of TS-65 clear pearl over AS-29 and followed with TS-13. It's hard to capture the effect in photos. But, it looks really nice in person. 

Same color. No pearl.

[Bills72sj]

Thanks for asking the question. I am partway through the same dilemma. Thinned my paint too much and it came out flat. Toothbrushed the entire body the remove the dryness. Paint is dull but smooth. Tried Wet Look clear on the hood but overapplication required removal of the clear lacquer from the enamel base color. Fortunately 91% alcohol removed the clear without affecting the orange enamel. I am going to take the safe route and use Future clear as I know there will not be any issues.

[Plowboy]

If you have enough paint, you can just polish the paint without clear. I just prefer to use clear as it gives me a guage when it comes time to polish. As long as I don't see color on my cloth, I'm safe. 

[Snake45]

Lately I've been having good luck with Rustoleum "High Lustre Coating" clear gloss lacquer from Walmart. Goes on easily, polishes out to a nice shine without too much effort. It's my new go-to clear. 

[youpey]

9 hours ago, Plowboy said:

I would recommend using TS-13 over the AS-29. I've also sprayed a coat of TS-65 clear pearl over AS-29 and followed with TS-13. It's hard to capture the effect in photos. But, it looks really nice in person. 

Same color. No pearl.

hmm. if this is as29, its not the color i thought it was, this looks gray. im looking for a mint green type color.  this is what i saw online and thought it was mint green. 

 

 

this is the color im going for

Edited March 27, 2021 by youpey

[Snake45]

TS-60 looks more like what you want. 

[youpey]

@Snake45

i think that is the right color, or very, very close. i also like ts41. i will order both and see which looks better in person.

 

thank you very much

[espo]

To expand on Snakes suggestion of using TS-60 Pearl Green this is a Ranchero that I used that color on. Hope this gives you an idea of what it may look like. 

[Plowboy]

3 hours ago, youpey said:

hmm. if this is as29, its not the color i thought it was, this looks gray. im looking for a mint green type color.  this is what i saw online and thought it was mint green. 

 

 

this is the color im going for

Miles, it's pretty close actually. Not exact by no means. But, the difference is partially in the lighting. My models are in the shade. The full scale is in the sun. If the sun were out today, I could take a photo. But, it's raining.

What I do when picking a color, I Google it and click on images. It'll always pull up some models painted that color and you can see exactly what it looks like.

Color of the primer could also change it a bit. My models are both over gray. White primer may get it right where you want. 

 

[Plowboy]

4 hours ago, youpey said:

this is the color im going for

This color looks pretty close. It's Krylon Pistachio Green. 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Plowboy

[Rick L]

1. This is AS29 

[youpey]

41 minutes ago, Rick L said:

1. This is AS29 

This is perfect. Which clear coat did you use to get that gloss?

 i will add this to my cart, and paint spoons to see which i like the best. i think this is great though. thank you for sharing this. 

Edited March 27, 2021 by youpey

[Rick L]

Dulpicolor clear.