Clear coat question

[my 70 chevelle ss]

I built a 68 Bruce Larson Camaro Funny car & I usally clear coat over the decals but this one I didn't. I was cleaning the dust off it today & tore the stripes on the front hood nice made my day. So I just ordered new decals from Slixx I'm going to put them over the old ones. This is my question I can take the body off the frame it's hinged & want to after I put the new stripes on clear coat them I use Tamiya CAN I CLEAR COAT OVER THE WINDSHIELD & BACK WINDOW? as these are glued in. Thank you! Will,

[Steve Keck]

"CAN I CLEAR COAT OVER THE WINDSHIELD & BACK WINDOW? as these are glued in."

Will,

I wouldn't. Better to mask off the clear parts. Best to protect the clear parts with Parafilm, then mask over the Parafilm to form a paint barrier.

[Guest]

What he said, you could also use foil as a mask, or tamiya masking tape, it's fairly thin, cuts easy, and comes off easy.

[MikeMc]

Are the decals also on the roof??

If not wide brush and a coat of future can be done w/o masking....BUT if on the roof your outta luck w/o masking as the guys said

[Peter Lombardo]

Those are all good solutions to your situation. But, I would just brush on a coat of Hobbico Master Mask, liquid masking film. Let it dry and after painting, just slip the tip of a #11 blade under a corner and it will pull right up. The stuff cleans up with water so it doesn't hurt anything....that is how I would do it. Also, if you do clearcoat over decals, be very careful when using lacquer paints...they can eat up decals like a bum eats up a ham sandwich.