has anyone used testors "wet look" clear.....

[cruz]

This is flat red Testor's enamel under Testor's wet look clear right from the can.....

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[crowe-t]

This is flat red Testor's enamel under Testor's wet look clear right from the can.....

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Same thing here.....

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WOW, Marcos, these all shine like glass!!

[Art Anderson]

I have used it plenty of times and I have had good results with it. Don't know about using it over flat enamal however. You may want to do a test on a plastic spoon or a scrap of the plastic your model came with.

I've used Modelmaster Wet Look Clear over Testors flat enamel, and it worked just fine. This is the dash from a test shot of the upcoming Moebius '56 Chrysler 300B that I completed about a week ago. On the factory stock car, the entire interior is upholstered in a mix of natural cowhide and matching vinyl "imitation" leather, AND the lower part of the dashboard is painted a matching shade of gloss tan with the center section in gloss black.

I airbrushed Testors "Flat Beige" (from the little square bottle) first, then masked off the top of the dash and the center section, airbrushed those with Tamiya Semi-Gloss lacquer. After drying these colors in my food dehydrator (about 2 weeks at room temperature will do very much the same thing), I masked off the Semi-Gloss Black on the top panel of the dash (yeah, the tape slipped as you can see, but that got touched up with a fine brush and more of the semi-gloss black after this pic was taken!), and airbrushed some Modelmaster Wet Look Clear lacquer over the entire lower face of the dash--it worked quite well, as you can see.

I think the key here is to make certain that the flat finish enamel paint needs to be completely dry before using Modelmaster lacquer, which itself is a fairly mild lacquer--it doesn't "craze" plastic, for example. In the bargain, because this clear lacquer is literally water-clear, it didn't alter the shade of beige noticeably either.

Art

[OldNYJim]

 

On 6/25/2012 at 6:09 PM, cruz said:

This is flat red Testor's enamel under Testor's wet look clear right from the can....

 

 That paint is STUNNING Marcos!  Would you be able to share a little about your painting technique?  I just picked up a can of the Wet Look Clear to try, so your build is really inspiring!

I’d love  to see more of other people’s results from using this clear too - plus any tips for using it!

[Ace-Garageguy]

53 minutes ago, CabDriver said:

...I’d love  to see more of other people’s results from using this clear too...

This is Testors Wet-Look over Duplicolor lacquer, both shot from their respective rattlecans, with no sanding or polishing:

...and this is Wet-Look over Testors huge flake "One-Coat" lacquer, again both shot from the cans, very minimal polishing at this point (I really wish I'd known how to scribe door lines here; looking at this thing makes me cringe) :

[OldNYJim]

Those look GREAT, Ace!  Do you find that this stuff lays down a little thicker, and dries a little harder, than, say, TS13?  

Just doing some homework before I try it out for myself...

[gtx6970]

I personally thing it dries a little shinier than Tamiya clear.

All these were shot with it , straight out of the can. with no polishing  of any kind

[misterNNL]

Impressive results all around.Thanks for sharing.

[OldNYJim]

Stunning builds, thanks for sharing!  Looks like you got a real nice shine with it!

 

and no troubles shooting it over decals, huh?

[crowe-t]

This was shot with Testors Wet Look Clear out of the can and then polished.  I sprayed it over ALPS printed decals.  I did spray the first couple of coats very lightly and waited about 30 minutes between coats.

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[gtx6970]

2 hours ago, CabDriver said:

Stunning builds, thanks for sharing!  Looks like you got a real nice shine with it!

 

and no troubles shooting it over decals, huh?

None on any of mine.

1st make sure decals are dry . put them on a let them sit a few days

2nd the first 2 coats go on kind of light. then let it sit an hour or so  ,,then the last one or two get laid on

 

the Vette has maybe 5 or 6 coats on it. All over top of the decals

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[OldNYJim]

Great tips, thanks everyone! 

Love that Mystery Machine by the way, Michael!

[crowe-t]

1 hour ago, CabDriver said:

Great tips, thanks everyone! 

Love that Mystery Machine by the way, Michael!

Thanks Jim!