Clear coat over decal ?

[The Lambrusco Kid]

I'm bumping this thread in hope to get more tips because I'm really concerned about clear coats that yellows.

I clear coated my Corolla WRC (catalunya) with Humbrul clear coat and it looks all right but it yellowed a bit, it's not noticable when you look at it but it I put another body (painted in ts-26 pure withe) that was not clear coated, I can see a difference.

First I blamed it on the Humbrol spray, so I got Tamiya ts-13 and I used it on my racing Mini cooper and it looked very nice, after a few coats I sanded and polished the whole body and now the decals looks like they are within the body (no more relief), it's a great effect and I know the decals are protected.

Now I'm working on the Canon Porsche 956 and I want to clear coat it but I don't know what to do now...

I wish there was something available that will absolutely not yellow.

[Mainomega]

Hi,

I used Future as a clear coat on my mercedes SLk, it looked beutiful but now i've noticed the cracks that are being developed. Is it because i didn't let the paint dry enough before applying future ? It sucks, that car was a beauty too.

Anyways, when i airbrush my models i like to spray so that when the paint touches the plastic its almost dry, this way i can create nice even thin coats. Should i do the same with future ?

I've sprayed future over decals and its successfully blended the decal to the car, I suppose i could use a decal solution but thats another step i don't want to deal with.

Thanks

[k_dog]

One thing is that on race cars, when is the decal put on the car? After the finished paint and clear. Decals on race cars do not look glossy as they would if you applied a clear over them. If you're going for the realsitic look, do the decals after....hope this helps

Brian

[Vric]

WoW ! what an old thread !!!

And yes, Clearcoat work perfect over decal..

[Guido]

Originally posted by Vric
WoW ! what an old thread !!!

And yes, Clearcoat work perfect over decal..

P-Man might be right on priming and stuff :finger: but I think we - hrmodeler, now you Vric, and myself, cana teach him a lesson or two about clear coating decals

lol

j/k

[blackf40]

dang it! Seems like no one agrees on what to do over decals! I'm kinda interested since i'm planning on doing a Tamiya Sauber-Merc C9 with TS-17 (and a few decals, of course). My previous experience with sprayed gloss alum included cracking, possibly due to lack of attention paid to how long i waited to clearcoat after the colorcoat.
--i've had a car sprayed with Tam italian red and clearcoating over a Revell-Monogram decal (R-T stripe on back of '69 Charger), and the stripe split where it crossed an edge in the body
--but i've had a car sprayed with Tam metallic red with R-M NASCAR sponsor decals which worked fine! (i polished that one and bam! no edges, purrfectly smooth)

[Vric]

geezz... there is many other thread about clearcoat over decal (we have at least 1 every week) why did you bring up this 2 years old thread ?

There is one directly on the front page:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=273751

and an other there:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=273086

[JTRACING]

i always clearcoat over my decals, i use dupli-color clear, and it works excellent and it wont ever yellow, and i have used it over enamel paint without problems,and even once over a waxed paintjob, and had no problems