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Fantastic CF work. Looks stunning.
As far as TS-13 is concerned and there was actually a thread started not long ago about the merits and also dangers of TS-13, I actually shy away from the stuff in regards to clearing decals with it.
OK, I’m no muppet when it comes to painting, as it’s a stronger area for me (still make mistakes though) but I treat TS-13 with a lot of respect. I had to strip an entire model body once for not using that stuff correctly.
I’ve also heard the horror stories about how it reacts with decals, EVEN if applied lightly. As you have a model car body covered entirely with decals, and CF decals at that (the expense) I’d be more and more careful..!!
If you apply TS-13 lightly building up the coverage, the orange peel will perhaps be more, and more polishing required – risk of burning through to the CF.
If you apply it too heavy to avoid orange peel after a few mists, it “might” burn into the decals. OK it might not, but who’s to say.
But it will dry faster.
X22 acrylic is safer. If you apply it too wet in the early stages it possibly won’t ruin all that hard work, problem is – three weeks of waiting for it to go hard, but you might avoid orange peel, meaning less polish work, reducing the possibility of polishing into a decal.
I’m siding with Klutz here, and TBH VRIC is right.. If you go with TS-13 please be careful. Be a shame to ruin all that work.
It's your model, you do what you think is right. You seem to know what you are doing, as putting CF on like that is not easy..
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