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Originally Posted by RallyRaider
First up welcome to AF!
Sounds like a variation of the 'TS-13 ate my decals' problem. TS-13 is tricky stuff, I recall reading that Tamiya recommend recoating within 15 minutes or waiting a month!
The standard answer it to use very thin mist coats so the solvents in a more 'wet' coat don't attack the paint/decals underneath. One tactic I've started to use recently is paint the first few coats of clear with an airbrush, building up a barrier before going to town with several thicker, wet coats straight from the rattle can. The airbrush allows much finer control on the delicate bits where it counts.
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Ahhh! Excellent! It all makes sense now. I've been laying on the initial clear coat to heavily "model master clear coat" style. I think I will wait a week and then go with a few very light layers and finish with a nice solid layer or two. Thanks for the advice! I'll post pics when I'm done. I just finished up the headers with a blend of X-26 Tamiya clear orange and xf-1 flat black. The results look very true to a used burnished exhaust over plated parts.