Zero Pre-Thinned Clearcoat over decals over Tamiya TS...?

[kilshaw]

Hello,

I'm currently having a little break from motorsport models, :shock: and I'm working on two muscle cars for a magazine article. I have been using Tamiya TS paints, as usual, but there are some annoying flat spots. I've sanded them down until they're smooth but when I spray, I just can't get the paint to be shiny enough.

Last night, I sprayed one of the bodies with Zero Pre-Thinned Clearcoat, which I haven't used since I last used Zero paints. It worked well, but needs another coat. Should this stuff give a good effect over Tamiya TS paints?

Both of these models have black stripe decals, and I want to clearcoat over these. This morning, I tested the clearcoat over decals from these kits on some scrap plastic I painted with Tamiya TS paint a few months ago as a test. It worked well on black decals, but for some reason, the white stripe decal cracked and crazed all over.

My question is: will it be safe for me to clearcoat over these decals or is it likely to cause problems?

Jake

The black decals worked fine (although they don't look too great in this photo)

IMG_0440 by Jake Kilshaw, on Flickr

But the white one crazed all over:

IMG_0439 by Jake Kilshaw, on Flickr

[Mike_G]

Did you use Micro-set on the white decal? The reason I'm asking is that Micro-set has acetic acid in it which can take several days to fully dissipate and can affect clearcoat much like your picture shows.