Old bottle of Testors Glosscote: Any good?

[clovis]

I bought a few boxes of stain, spray paints and wood finishing oils at an auction recently.

I was surprised to find a bottle of Testors Glosscote Lacquer in one of those boxes.

This is an old bottle. It still has an Ed Schock's Toy and Hobby price tag on the lid. I think Ed Shock's was out of business by the early '90's

The contents are almost full, but yellowed a bit. Wasn't this stuff crystal clear when new?

I don't build many shiny models, but it might come in handy someday...but I have no plans to airbrush with this stuff.

Any chance this stuff is still good?

Thanks in advance!!!!!

Edited August 2, 2013 by clovis

[Swamp Dog]

trash it..

[Mike_G]

I wouldn't use it if it's yellowed.

[scalenut]

test it

[sportandmiah]

Its fine. Testors lacquer is thick and yellowish. Thin it with lacquer thinner and airbrush on. But not over white.

Edited August 3, 2013 by sportandmiah

[Art Anderson]

Its fine. Testors lacquer is thick and yellowish. Thin it with lacquer thinner and airbrush on. But not over white.

Testors bottled "gloss coat" isn't lacquer, but the clear carrier used to make enamel, and as such, it's a light amber color, always was. Testor's Modelmaster spray clear lacquer is as close to water clear as water clear gets, and unlike enamel clear coatings, it doesn't yellow with time, at least not in my experience.

Art

[clovis]

Thank you for the replies!!!!

The Glosscote looks right, and smells right, so I already put the bottle in my 'box'.

I really doubt that I'll ever need it, but if I tossed it...I would need it sometime next week.

Again, thank you all for your replies.