Clear coat

[Kenmojr]

I did my first paint on a scale model car in 25 to 30 years. About 25+ years ago i started to assemble the MPC 1960 Flipnose Corvette but got side tracked by life. And at the time I needed to do some upgrades on my real life 1960 Corvette.

A few weeks ago I decided to give my attempts at 3D modeling cars a bit of a rest and started to work on my MPC Flipnose.

All the parts were present but a tire got welded to the hard top roof resting in the box over time. Did not know this could happen. I now place my parts in zip lock like bags.

I primed the body with Rustoleum grey which seemed to take close to 2 weeks to dry. It was very humid in August.

Last week I put a few coats of Krylon Short Cuts "Forever Blue" on the car and did some light sanding to remove some orange peel. Testors spay paints and bottle paints are in very short supply at the 3 local Michaels stores.  A sales clerk about Tamiya paints believes Michaels never carried this line.

We do have three other local model stores, but they are downtown, where a lot of the street parking meters were removed to give way to bike lanes. So parking in downtown Halifax is very limited.

 

I believe the Krylon is enamel. Michaels sells Krylon arcylic clear. I can also purchase Rustoleum clear from Canadian Tire. Reading a few threads here by Dragownhwak1066 got me interested in acrylic craft paint as I do own a compressor  and a few air brushes.

So I purchased several bottles of acrylic paint from Michaels, Dollarama and Wallmart. So I picked up a 2 oz bottke of Decoart's DuraClean Gloss varnish.

Of my options Decoart, Krlon or Rusloleum, Pledge floor polish which clear would you recommend? And if none, could some recommend a good clear coat?

Is it wise to use acrylic clear over enamel if the intent is to protect the paint from chipping or scratching?

Thanks kindly and many cheers from Nova Scotia....

 

[TransAmMike]

You will get quite a few differing opinions on what clear to use.  Future (or now Revive I think its called) is pretty forgiving and I use it (the old Future actually). Needs several coats so as not to put it on too heavy to avoid runs.  I have also used Rustoleum Crystal Clear Acrylic Lacquer over craft paint with good results.  I have never used any of the actual model paint clears.

Fire on guys'!!

[Dave G.]

I don't clear coat enamel paint jobs, it's one reason I've used the enamel to begin with..  The models I use enamel on are usually old classic cars that never saw clear coat in real life. Done right it has a beauty all it's own so I opt to not ruin that.

[TransAmMike]

Good point Dave. He mentions what I assumed to be craft paints and that's what I was going on for the clears I have used. 

[Dave G.]

IDK.

[Kenmojr]

I painted the body with Krylon Short Cuts "Forever Blue" which I believe is enamel.