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Old 05-16-2003, 09:42 PM
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Originally posted by mel79
Phil: I'm not sure about the clear coat yet. It would protect the decals nicely though, but I think I would have to use Tamiya acrylic clear and I think it yellows slightly in a couple of years I may just polish the paint and put on the decals and leave it without clear coat. I could put a coat of TS clear, but I don't know if it's safe to use TS clear on acrylic paint? Has anyone tried it? If there's any doubt about how these paints will react together then I'll pass the clear coat.

-Mikko
Mikko I wouldn't try spraying Tamiya TS paints over any water based acrylic since the TS range are synthetic lacquer based. Lacquer over aqueous doesn't work! If you intend to clear coat then acrylic would be the way to go or maybe even future to get arround the yellowing problem you mentioned. If in doubt pass as you say, maybe a just a gentle wax would be enough to protect the decals. But I guess now is not the time to experiment, the techniques you used on your 037 worked well enough, just do more of the same!
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