Is it safe......

[Sticky Fingers]

.....to polish out tamiya clearcoat which was sprayed 10 days ago?

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[g00eY]

i'm sure it is. i usually polish out my clearcoat the next day, or the day after. 10 days sounds like more than enough.

[drunken monkey]

use the search function

[Sticky Fingers]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

use the search function

[willimo]

It probably won't hurt it, but if you can feel that the clear isn't hard under your sanding pad/polishing cloth, you might as well wait.

[mike@af]

Acrylic or TS? I've polished TS in two hours...I've waited two weeks with Acrylic and it still wasnt hard enough.

[Sticky Fingers]

Cheers guys. Mike, it was TS - looks like I'm getting the polishing cloth out!

[mickbench]

I polished out TS in 4 days.. Dried very fast.. And hard.. Automotive paints and clears was even faster.. and even harder..

I think this should be fine.. I've waited 14 days for normal TS paints though and perhaps this is alittle too long..

[drunken monkey]

you're using halfords paints aren't you?
do you find that they also seem to lay down a thinner layer of paint compared to the tamiya sprays?

[mickbench]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

you're using halfords paints aren't you?
do you find that they also seem to lay down a thinner layer of paint compared to the tamiya sprays?

Halfords paint from the can is OK. I find TS cans to give a smooth as glass finish, whereas with Halfords can look a little orange peel at times. The clear is OK, but I think I prefer TS clear for getting that smooth finish.

And yes, the base Halfords paint I used was thin.. Runs easy as well..

[spidereddie]

I've read a couple of things (i think it was zoomzoomMX-5 who said it)

1. If you can 'smell' paint when you open up the closed container it's in, it's too early

2. If you polish out a paint too early, the shine will dull out in a matter of weeks.