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Re: Help! Decals or clearcoat first?
Personally I'd not place any stock in what a hobby shop guy says! Unless you know him and are sure he as a clue. Unfortunately most of them don't.
To get to your question, I prefer to clear coat, apply decals and then apply several more clear coats. That way the decals are kind of encased in clear. Providing you also trim the carrier film and sand the final clear coats flat the result is the decals look painted on. A lot of work and not without dangers but the results are far more effective.
If you are gong to use TS-13 be very careful. If you have an airbrush decant some and spray the first few coats through the brush. Very, very light and thin. If TS-13 is laid down to thick too early it WILL eat your decals. Experimenting first would be a wise idea rather than risking ruining you nicely decaled and painted car body.
TS paints actually are an acrylic. A synthetic lacquer acrylic, very different from water based acrylics.
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