1960 Impala

[Iron Fist]

Are lacquers ok to lay on enamel?

I did another spoon test. Put Testers One Coat Lacquer (wet look clear) over Testors gloss black enamel, wow the gloss is smooth and deep and that was just out of the can; can't wait to run it through an airbrush, sorry no pic its still drying.

Edited March 3, 2011 by Iron Fist

[Iron Fist]

Not having the best of luck with this one.

Everything was going great until I ran out of clear coat in my airbrush (Decanted Testors Wet Look Clear)so I thought I would just finish off the roof with the spray can, big mistake. The clear coat spattered out over the black paint, thankfully nothing hit the silver. I guess there was not enough pressure in the can to atomize the paint. Going to try and save this from another brake fluid bath. The silver turned out very well so I will wet sand the black and give it another try.

Edited March 6, 2011 by Iron Fist

[Greg Pugh]

I like what you have going on here. Don't give up on this one. Painting is the most tedious and frustrating part of the build for me so I can understand how you feel. Stick it out. You'll have a nice lookin' car when you're done!

[Janne Herajärvi]

Looking good so far. Nice color combo

[Iron Fist]

Thanks for the comments.

Well I saved it. I came really close to giving a brush coat of Future. I found an old (not very good) model I built in 1992 (paint was dull) so I brushed on some Future. I have to say this is probably the best clear coat I've seen with a brush application.

Dodge Viper with brush coat Future:

Well I didn't want to take the easy way out so I wet sanded the body last night and made sure I decanted enough clear coat. So tonight I hit again with another shot.(I need to get a better camera)

I am really pleased with the results and have to say a thank you to Lonewolf15 for the advice of "quick mist coats",

it takes awhile but the results are amazing.

[Iron Fist]

Almost ready, next post will be under glass.

Hard to take a good picture, camera wants to focus on reflections.

These two pics were taken just with natural lighting.

Poor basment lighting shot.

Thanks for looking.

[crazyjim]

Looking marvelous.

[oldscool]

That looks real good to me .

grumpy gus