paint for clear lenses that are suppose to be amber

[pete3522]

I am redoing a can-do wrecker i bought off evil bay the light bar on the rotator was caked with orange arcylic paint which looked like ###### I stripped it off down to the original clear point. Is their a paint for this that would make the clear look like tinted orange??Also same thing with the turn signals on the ends of the headlights. If i paint it orange from the inside i still dont think it would look right???Any of you guys know a good paint to use for this?I see they have transparent arcylics is this what i use???

[ewaskew]

Testor's in the bottle has amber paint.

If you ca'nt get any you can try several shade's of orange and yellow sharpie marker's on a piece of clear scrap=part's tree.

untill you get the color you want.

[Madd Trucker]

I use Tamyias clear red , clear orange and clear yellow

[whale392]

Tamiya clears seem to work for the vast majority, including me.

[ffreak]

I used to use Testors model master paints for those but now I use the Tamiya clear orange, red and yellow. I try to use bare metal foil as a backing for them to give the proper reflection.

[Ben]

You can use a orange or red Sharpie marker as well.

[olomonster]

I use orange window stain paint it even works for over Chrome parts that are supposed to amber

[mackinac359]

Tamiya clear orange and clear red. I never knew about this product until another modeler suggested it several years ago. It's great!

[blackbeard]

I second that

[hotrod59f100]

Sharpies are a great alturnative and look good to I made vary realistic light with them

[Pete J.]

You can get the Tamiya paints in either rattle can or bottle. The rattle cans are lacquers and dry very quickly and have a very hard surface. The bottles are water based acrylics and take longer to dry and are not as durable. I use the rattle cans for larger lenses and acrylics for smaller spaces like a dash board light.

[Ramfins59]

Yep, Tamiya clear paints are great... Clear Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue.... They're all good. I've been using them for years.

[dptydawg]

I use glass stain for lenses. |t works well over chrome lenses and over silver paint otherwise. I mix yellow- orange for amber.

Carl