Tinting clear

[Valvefloat]

I was just playing around with QuickShine, added 4 drops of craft paint black mixed it and poured it over back glass, wiped off excess and this is result.

I may try it again and see if it darkens it.

[NOBLNG]

Nice even looking tint.👍

[Valvefloat]

3 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice even looking tint.👍

I used a brush to spread the "tint" and you can kinda see areas but when it's on the car with the black perimeter it shouldn't be as noticable.

[Mark W]

I use Future (is the quick shine?) and tint it with food color. Seeing you post, I may experiment with acrylics.

I’ve had spotty results with double coating, sometimes it doesn’t go on as smooth as the first coat.

It's better to tint the Future darker and go with one coat. Brushing slowly works fine, clean your brush with Windex with ammonia.

But don’t use ammonia in your airbrush!!! The metal doesn’t like it.

 

[Valvefloat]

3 hours ago, Mark W said:

I use Future (is the quick shine?) and tint it with food color. Seeing you post, I may experiment with acrylics.

I’ve had spotty results with double coating, sometimes it doesn’t go on as smooth as the first coat.

It's better to tint the Future darker and go with one coat. Brushing slowly works fine, clean your brush with Windex with ammonia.

But don’t use ammonia in your airbrush!!! The metal doesn’t like it.

 

OOps, made the mistake of taping to paint the black trim, the tape pulls off the Quick Shine.

Rookie mistake.

[Mark W]

1 hour ago, Valvefloat said:

OOps, made the mistake of taping to paint the black trim, the tape pulls off the Quick Shine.

Rookie mistake.

Been there! 

[Valvefloat]

1 hour ago, Mark W said:

Been there! 

Its a mess, might be a complete black window🙄

[Mark W]

10 minutes ago, Valvefloat said:

Its a mess, might be a complete black window🙄

Try taking everything off with Windex, got to be the original with ammonia.

Picture please

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[Valvefloat]

Ammonia you say.. ok tomorrow I'll try it.

[johnyrotten]

12 hours ago, Valvefloat said:

Rookie mistake.

Bummer, man. Hopefully you can save it, and the tint looked good. 

[Valvefloat]

1 hour ago, johnyrotten said:

Bummer, man. Hopefully you can save it, and the tint looked good. 

If I can its just staying clear

[Pierre Rivard]

I've had trouble using Quick Shine over glass pieces. Poor adhesion and does not wash off with windex like Future does. Hope you have better luck than I did.

[Mark W]

20 minutes ago, Pierre Rivard said:

I've had trouble using Quick Shine over glass pieces. Poor adhesion and does not wash off with windex like Future does. Hope you have better luck than I did.

Yes, I’ve had really good results with Future. The nice thing is, it’s reversable.

[Valvefloat]

10 minutes ago, Mark W said:

Yes, I’ve had really good results with Future. The nice thing is, it’s reversable.

I cant get Future here, been discontinued.

I dont have any issues so far just the tint.

[Valvefloat]

36 minutes ago, Valvefloat said:

I cant get Future here, been discontinued.

I dont have any issues so far just the tint.

Here's after Windex...👍

[TarheelRick]

Looks like a save to me. Maybe a touch of some kind of polish to bring the sheen back.

[Valvefloat]

2 minutes ago, TarheelRick said:

Looks like a save to me. Maybe a touch of some kind of polish to bring the sheen back.

Black trim and QuickShine .

[1930fordpickup]

Could you put the tint on the inside of the window?  So dusting later will be safer?  Just asking after a thought. 

[Valvefloat]

10 minutes ago, 1930fordpickup said:

Could you put the tint on the inside of the window?  So dusting later will be safer?  Just asking after a thought. 

Thats what I did but my luck was poop, maybe next build.

[rattle can man]

You might try other acrylic floor care products on some scrap clear parts.

[Valvefloat]

3 hours ago, rattle can man said:

You might try other acrylic floor care products on some scrap clear parts.

QuickShine is great, I just need to find some black paint or dye that mixes better.

[Matt Bacon]

Get some black drafting/technical pen ink. Rotring pretty much owns the market this side of the pond, not sure if the same is true in the US, but someone will still make it. Very dense black but with very fine pigment. Add it a drop or two at a time until you get the density you want (though bear in mind it’ll get a bit darker as it dries…)

best,

M.

[peteski]

How about using Tamiya "smoke" acrylic paint?

Also companies which sell urethane resins also sell dyes for tinting resin. I have several dyes from Smooth-On.

[rattle can man]

India ink?

[NOBLNG]

14 hours ago, Valvefloat said:

QuickShine is great, I just need to find some black paint or dye that mixes better.

Your original tint job looks good. How about masking and painting the black perimeter first and then dipping the entire thing.