Hi guys, I have a question regarding top coats. First off, could the Tamiya bottles be used as a top coat to protect paint and decals? Second and more importantly, could I use…
in my experience, those top coats are good for anything, just that whenever you flat top coat your kits, you should always in a warm weather or having warm, bright sun around so that we can avoid frosting effects which is not good for your kit. Always use thinner so that it will thin out the topcoats for better results.
The Mr. Super Clear is a lacquer based top coat, so you’ll have to keep the same precautions in mind.
Stickers and dry transfers aren’t that weak as water slides, so a normal coat on top of them will work fine.
The Tamiya XF-86 is normally used to be mixed with gloss colors, or gloss clears to get a flat paint/clear. When painted directly on a…[Read more]
Hi there. It’s been a long time indeed. Hope you’re doing well. The Hi-Nu is looking good so far. Curious to see what you next mods will be. Good luck and happy building
hello all. quick question. i bought some plastic angle necked squeeze bottles to keep some airbrush cleaners in and i was wondering if it was safe to store clean strip green lacquer thinner in it, or will it eat through the plastic? i know tamiya’s lacquer thinner comes in a plastic bottle, but didnt want to take a chance with a different…[Read more]
It all depends on the type of plastic used for your bottles. Most plastics can’t hold solvent based thinners. If it is PTFE plastic, it’s not a problem at all, other plastics may melt.
I guess you have to test it. I used the bottles from Vallejo and they withstand cleaning using lacquer thinners so my bet is they can be used to store the lacquer…[Read more]
This HGBF Sengoku Astray is for my son. He needs a unit to challenge his big bro’s Kampfer Amazing. Right now it is missing a mouthpiece because I still need to paint it. It also needs more panel lining, lots of painting, decals, and sharpening the Oni shield.
Hi guys, I recently bought Tamiya paint retarder to slow down the drying the process and hopefully even out the paint layer. My question is what should the thinner to paint to retarder ratio be and, in what order should I mix them in? Please and thank you!
That’s a rather tricky question in terms of paint to thinner ratio. Most paints from even the same brand have a different viscosity. It’s mostly trial and error before you get a consistency that works for you and your airbrush. The thicker the paint, the higher you should set your pressure.
A good starting point for acrylics like Tamiya is 60%…[Read more]
Glad I could be of some help 🙂
I wouldn’t recommend it. The Tamiya spray cans are solvent based paints, in other words, they are lacquers. I had mixed results in the past spraying lacquers on top of acrylics. Sometimes it went well, other times the paint started to crack. I guess it had to do with the curing period of the acrylic and how heavy…[Read more]
If you don’t spray the first layer on too thick and let it dry before the next one, it won’t effect them at all. Should you spray it on too thick, the decals will start to wrinkle
How about when spraying on bare plastic and on Gundam Markers, Copik modeler markers, and the like? I want to spray it on some RG kits but, am worried that the lacquer spray will kill them. 😛
Sorry for my late reply, hope it reaches you in time.
If you let the Gundam Marker dry for at least 24 hours and then use the same technique as in spraying two very light coats, give it a drying time of 10min between coats before laying on a thick all covering coat it’ll be fine.
As for spraying it on bare plastic, did it in the past myself,…[Read more]
in my experience, those top coats are good for anything, just that whenever you flat top coat your kits, you should always in a warm weather or having warm, bright sun around so that we can avoid frosting effects which is not good for your kit. Always use thinner so that it will thin out the topcoats for better results.
Awesome, thank you.
The Mr. Super Clear is a lacquer based top coat, so you’ll have to keep the same precautions in mind.
Stickers and dry transfers aren’t that weak as water slides, so a normal coat on top of them will work fine.
The Tamiya XF-86 is normally used to be mixed with gloss colors, or gloss clears to get a flat paint/clear. When painted directly on a…[Read more]
Thank you for the tips man!