cleae coating

[dabelltoller]

was wondering when clearcoating. well finishing i wanna hide the thin outline of decals or blanded it better. does just spraying the model with clearcoat hide this ? from other post i see how it makes a great finish and the sanding between coats, i just wanna try to blend and hide the decals of my semi feed truck !

any help or info on this would be great

also do i remove or tape over glass to prevent hazing on the glass parts ? any other parts i should remove or cover when finshing off model ?

[Jantrix]

For one, you shouldn't be clear coating with windows installed. Sounds like you've already assembled it. Clear over chrome parts isn't a good idea. So disassemble as much as you can, tape over everything you can't take apart that isn't a painted body part. For the future it should go something like this.

Paint

Bare Metal foil

decals

clear

polish

assemble

touch up polish

And yes, a couple coats of clear WILL help blend in the decals. However, your best bet regardless of the type of paint/decals/clear you use, when you prime/paint the body, do the same to a plastic (styrene) picnic spoon. When you apply decals take a spare decal from the same sheet and add it to the painted spoon. Clear the spoon first. That way you know the clear is compatible with the paint and decals.

[Evil Appetite]

Make sure those decals are flat though..make sure not one tiny edge is sticking up. otherwise the clear coat will just make that more obvious.

Thats my experience anyway