Painting And The Aftermath

[my80malibu]

I have several bodies that I have painted in the project stage the problem is now that I want to apply the clear they craze some of these paint s are automotive types and some are laquers from testors and tamiya I am using duplicolor acrylic enamel clear and acrylic laquer clear and have had the same problem with both types I really could use some advice on this.

[LVZ2881]

1. dont mix enamel and lacquer....results are not good.

2. duplicolor and tamiya and testors lacquer are fine together, they are all lacquer..

3. krylon and duplicolor/ tamiya dont mix either.....

best advice is to stick with the same paint manufacturer until you get comfortable mixing them together, i.e., duplicolor clear over duplicolor paint, etc...

I have personally used tamiya over duplicolor primer with no problem, and vice versa....and testors lacquer over duplicolor primer with tamiya clear on one project.

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

Even though they are lacquers, the Duplicolor clears are too hot to be used over Testors and Tamiya lacquers. I recommend Tamiya clear and you can use it over the Testors lacquers.

[Modelmartin]

I have been using PPG clear lacquer over Tamiya lacquer just fine. Of course it is NOT spray can paint. I bought a quart and thinned it myself and airbrushed it. The stuff out of a spray can has more solvents to keep it sprayable which is really what goes after vulnerable paints underneath.