Panel lines and clear

Do you guys draw/wash your panel lines before or after clearcoating? Is there any benefit/drawback to either method or just personal preference?

Cheers
Oli

If you do it before they will be shiny, not always a bad thing, often unnoticeable.
If you do it after, you run a chance of the clear softening the edge and filling the groove making it a little harder to get a uniform line.
So for a crisper line it is probably generally easier to do it before clear coating... - Mark

i'll do it after clearcoating. reason is: i can always fix it if i done anything wrong.

i clear coat before i put the panel lines. i use a sharp knife to scribe the lines, then brush some thinned out paint until the panel lines are evident.

i always do after...

Cris
www.scaleimportracer.com

Clearcoat will make them shiny. You want your panel lines to look dull.

So that's three votes for after and two for before!! Guess it's a case of suck it and see, but good to know there is no major problem either way.

Cheers
Oli

The panel line is there to replicate a void, a channel if you say. So the light that reflects back at the viewer is slightly darker, so i would suggest a darker-than-the other paint, and paint it afterwards. Satin or flat. cause when there´s little light to reflect, how could that color be shiny ? ( ..and reflect light?)