clear coat for model paint

hey guys, do they make clear coat for model paint? havent seen it but I notice alot of model shine real nice and wondered if it was clear coat? thanks

use the search feature you newb :loser:
lol just playing with you cuz
but did you try the faq's or the search feature

Most of shines probably came from sanding and polishing although clear coates will make it shine

i clear coat it if the paint i used is metallic.
and i use motomaster automotive clearcoats..

Originally posted by TheNotoriousMogg
hey guys, do they make clear coat for model paint? havent seen it but I notice alot of model shine real nice and wondered if it was clear coat? thanks

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Yes they make a clear coat. Some here use it, some dont

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Motomaster Automotive Clearcoats for all the Canadians :bigthumb: :bigthumb:

Originally posted by Trueno
Motomaster Automotive Clearcoats for all the Canadians :bigthumb: :bigthumb:

so I can use regular car clear coat? what about primer? automotive primer also?

Dude!!!!! It called FAQ!!! Use it.

ok, I looked at I found these for you :thefinger

I use clear coat mainly for protection against sanding through the paint and more visual "depth".

(the FAQ is your freind ) :smile:

Model Master makes Clear Gloss coat in a bottle, I've used it with effectice results and a bunch of cars, unfortunaly a lot say that it "yellows" of time, so they don't recomend it, but mine seems to remain a clear color. So use it at your own risk.

tamiya probbably has one of the best clear coats for models :smile:

tamiya probbably has one of the best clear coats for models

Head and shoulders above Testors, IMO. It goes on great!
The only thing with Tamiya is that you have to watch curing times. Supposedly you need to either apply clear coat immediately (within an hour) after the color coats, or wait a couple weeks for the color coats to fully cure. That is, according to Scale Auto anyway. I try to avoid Tamiya when I can because of this. That and the price.

Originally posted by fullbloodchop01
tamiya probbably has one of the best clear coats for models :smile:

thanks bud :D

I have used all the different clear coats, use whatever goes with the system you are using model paints with model paints....
I use Dupicolor Auto Spray mostly.
The real deep shine comes from very patient polishing.
I use Maguire Plastic Cleaner for real heavy orange peel and Maguires Plastic Polish otherwise or following. I finish with Maguires Carnuba Wax ( Use Maguires cleaner wax if you still need to clean it up a bit )
Then you will have that shine you are looking for, of course it goes without say that hte better pain job you start with the better the end product. Peep the pic its a chopped and channeled Deuce that I used Duplicolor Mirage System on and polished as described above

i use PPG clear coat. (2-part)

Yeah that 2 part Urethane is awesome, just gotta make sure its well ventilated

yeah. This time of year, its hard to do any painting on models, cause its usually humid & muggy as hell (florida) since we are in hurricane season :(