What type of clear?

[sportandmiah]

Curious to which type of clear I should use for a 59 Cadillac. I used Duplicolor gray sandable primer, and a few airbrushed coats of Tamiya X-13 acrylic Metallic (thinned with lacquer thinner). I have Future, but want something that is stronger and can be wet sanded and polished. Should I use a Duplicolor brand, or a model car brand? Please give make and type as I am clueless to this.

Thanks

[Guest Markus355]

if you want ultimate, show car gloss, and ease of wetsanding. get yourself some automotive urethane. the stuff is awesome. but expensie (about 40 bucks for a quart of clear and activator) and REALLY bad for you so a good mask is a must.

spraybomb route? model master ultra gloss clear or testors one coat Wet look clear are both very good, and look great shot thru an airbrush

ive used duplicolour clear and i really didnt like it at all.

[Guest Markus355]

http://www.proformproducts.com/en/products/detail/?id=250 this is the link to the clear i use.

[Drake69]

You can sand and polish Future. After about 3 dips or so with time inbetween for evening out, it'll sand and polish beautifully.

[Guest Markus355]

compared to an actual clear coat type of paint, future looks like ######.

[sportandmiah]

Can any canned clear be decanted an airbrushed? I'm assuming they don't need to be thinned... But I they do new thinning what would I use?

[Guest Markus355]

yes, the testors/MM clears can be decanted and airbrushed i suppose you could get away w/out thinning, but i always do, and i use just general no-name lacquer thinner (i buy it by the 5 gal pail)

[CEKPETHO BCE]

I noticed that testors one coat wet look is a lacquer. Can it be shot over acrylic or enamel paint?

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Are they easy to work with? i've had bad experiences with testors spray cans... maybe it's lack of skill on my part, but they spray kinda funky... Never had the same problem with tamiya spray cans

[Lownslow]

Are they easy to work with? i've had bad experiences with testors spray cans... maybe it's lack of skill on my part, but they spray kinda funky... Never had the same problem with tamiya spray cans

their laquers are pretty good better than their enamel line by miles

[MikeMc]

I noticed that testors one coat wet look is a lacquer. Can it be shot over acrylic or enamel paint?

NO.......You can shoot the others over lacquer, but unless you know all the tricks LACQUER OVER LACQUER!!

[sportandmiah]

NO.......You can shoot the others over lacquer, but unless you know all the tricks LACQUER OVER LACQUER!!

I sprayed Testors one coat wet look over Tamiya X13 acrylic with no problems.

[Guest Markus355]

yeah the testors "lacquers" arent very hot at all. ive shot them over just about any paint you can think of and it hasnt hurt anything