87044 Fine Surface Primer White. spray coat of Testor’s Dullcoat and Glosscoat mixed 50/50 for a satin finish. The paint will flake off. $7.95. Spraying from too far away, or with too thin a coat, will give an eggshell or semi-matt finish. Each can contains 100ml of paint, which is enough to fully cover 2 or 3, 1/24 scale sized car bodies. Tamiya TS spray paint is a synthetic lacquer that cures in a short period of time. The spray paint is extremely useful for painting large model surfaces. You could try multiple coats, but i am sure the car guys might have some useful tips. NOTE: TAMIYA TS paint is not designed to be used with clear Polycarbonate/LEXAN R/C body shells. I now have a nice shiny airplane. Correction: After some research it appears that Mr. Color SLT is laquer based with a retarded added, this is maybe why you get good results. If you edit the title of your thread and ask for help getting a gloss finish on cars, you might catch there attention. Acrylic. If you want to clear it Tamiya clear is great stuff. Matt. Tamiya spray paints are not affected by acrylic or enamel paints; therefore, following an overall base coat, details can be added or picked out using enamel and/or acrylic paints. Sorry for the noob question,but I am wondering if I can spray Tamiya Lacquer(TS-13 and TS-80)from a rattle can as a gloss and flat coat over my models which are painted in Tamiya Acrylics. Thanks everyone! 67 sold. By combining the use of these three types of paints, the finishing of plastic models becomes simpler and more effective. The laquer thinner produces the best results in thinning Tamiya products for airbrushing, espically the X-22 for this exact reason. After applying Tamiya clear my model looks dull and the paint feels grainy. Your email has been successfully added to the list. I think I found the answer to my own question... http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=42979, "You did not do anything wrong, in fact you had a lucky escape. 2 product ratings. Final polish with Tamiya … https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-Acrylic-X22-Gloss-Clear/dp/B0006O523U. TS65 Pearl Clear gives the underlying paint of a model a pearlescent final finish. Don't spray in more than 70% humidity otherwise you're asking for trouble. This often happens at the edge of the spray pattern, resulting in each pass leaving a grainy edge which is not covered by successive passes. If you spray clear coat on a model with no primer, any little nick or bump will scratch the clear coat off. Learn more. Tamiya TS spray paint is a synthetic lacquer that cures in a short period of time. Scale Auto is the leading authority for car modelers. Unfollow tamiya spray clear coat to stop getting updates on your eBay Feed. I just tried using Tamiya Clear Acrylic as my gloss coat. after spraying my Haribo airliner (Tamiya paints) blue and letting it dry I've just sprayed Tamila TS-13 clear on to varnish it and it has literally eating through the paint down to the primer in places! View our. for pricing and availability. Tamiya Spray Lacquer TS-74 Clear Red - 100ml Spray Can 85074. Make sure to test clear coating over decals before applying to a finished project. Tamiya spray paints are … You'll want to spray no closer than eight inches from the surface, and no farther than this to ensure a smooth coat. Or if you want to make flat paint glossy or glossy paint flat. Expert columnists offer tips and solutions to modeling problems about muscle cars, racing vehicles, dioramas, and trucks. I'm getting back into models after 25+ years. If you spray it on wet enough to leave a semigloss coat it will start running. i want to clear coat it gloss so the decals go on nice. Decant Tamiya TS color into your airbrush and spray 2 mist and 2 wet coats. Another addition to our series "YOU NEED THIS!" Reference database, color charts and stash management for all the colors from Tamiya ... Clear. I was wondering if you help , I am working on my 1/350 scale tos enterprise and i have my base color on the hull which is tamiya acrylic . $9.75. “Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”. $5.00 shipping. For some reason, those paints don't like the Testors sprays. Applying clear coat can harm decals. The Testors spray cans are save over just about any model paint except Gunze Aqueous Hobby Colors. Hate to stat the obvious, but could you use a glass clear coat. Hi all. Also, do you have any tips making cheap thinner? Ok so it looks like I can't use x-22 as a clear coat. This will prevent the clear coat from cracking due to different cure rates from the paint underneath. 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