Dupli color clear problem

[tpliquid]

I dont know if its the paint can or the temp outside. I used tamiya paint as a base and used dupli color acrylic enamel as clear coat. The first few coats were fine. I waited 2 days then i added another coat of clear. I think this might be the temperature problem but after i added the clear it started to look like water being frozen. but this only happens on some patches. the weather was pretty cold say about 51 degrees outside.

please confirm i am right and it was the weather that caused this. pics here pretty blury but you can make out what it looks like.

[935k3]

I have never used Duplicolor's Acrylic Enamel Clear but I do know some enamels say on the can to recoat within 1 hr or wait 2 weeks. The paint just curdles up like that. I have had it happen. I would avoid any that say that in the directions for use. Another suggestion is to buy a food dehydrator to thouroughly dry paints quicker. Some one stated an hour in the dehydrator is like a whole day of drying. Get one with temp control and leave it set 105 degrees F. Try using Tamiya's clear on their paints.

[jmwallac]

I have used their acrylic enamel line with no success whatsoever. In my opinion, it goes on thick and does not shrink very much at all. Tends to fill in panel lines etc. You do have to wait at least a week before you can apply additional coats (or as 935k3 pointed out within that one hour window).

This happened with black paint on my History Channel Porsche. I waited for it to dry and then wetsanded it down until it was smooth. When all was said and done, you couldn't tell the paint curled up like that.

Hope it works out. I only use their lacquer line now because of problems like that!

[tpliquid]

thank for the info guys. i will try different type of clear. it also looks liek the clear ate up some of the base paint on my other model kit.

[stevenoble]

I always try to use the same brand of clear as I used for paint.That way you have less chance of compatibility issues with different brands.I would maybe use the Tamiya clear instead.I never mix acrylics and enamels either.It can cause such problems.Enamel's long went out of the window with me for painting bodies and the like,reason was I never had much success with them myself and they take an age to dry.There are far better paints more suited to the purpose of painting bodies these days.

[Adam Baker]

Ive got a can of the acrylic enamel clear, and didnt like how it went down. Definitely wont be using it again. Their Truck & Van Lacquer clear is pretty nice, and goes down well over Tamiya.

[MidMazar]

Try to warm up the can before spraying and limit the time outside. This happened to me several times, it must be the tempture.

[racer93]

Why not just try Future floor polish? It's acrylic, easy to airbrush, easy to clean up (ammonia), easy to strip off if you don't like the results (soak in Future and then wash with soap and water or ammonia clean up). It's my top coat of choice!

Daniel