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Finally I have managed to get a decent coat on a model. The instructions called for a mix of green and silver and after my last attempt at spraying silver I decided not to attempt it with the double action gun but use one a mate had given me ages ago a little single action one he used to spay motorcycle helmets.
As I already had the Humbrol acrylic metallics I decided to try them again with the addition of Humbrol number 3 (a nice green) Although this sprayed ok once again I had the problem of the paint beading up on the piece even though I had used a plastic primer. It took several attempts to stop this, in the end I had to spray a non thinned green (no Silver) to give it a coat, then several thin coats of the mixed colour when it had dried a bit. I am not overly impressed with the mixture as it seems to have turned the gloss green a bit on the matt side. Anyway a few pictures.
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In the meantime I had been clearing out my tool box and I came across a little Nissan touchup pencil (brush really) for the clearcoat on a car and though I would give it a try so tried it out over the green and red on an old harrier I keep for experimenting on I gave it two coats in various places over acrylic paint and it has formed a really hard glossy coat and has not afftected the paint (so far its been three days) it seems to self level as I can't see any brush strokes could be worth thinking about for a real deep gloss.
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As I already had the Humbrol acrylic metallics I decided to try them again with the addition of Humbrol number 3 (a nice green) Although this sprayed ok once again I had the problem of the paint beading up on the piece even though I had used a plastic primer. It took several attempts to stop this, in the end I had to spray a non thinned green (no Silver) to give it a coat, then several thin coats of the mixed colour when it had dried a bit. I am not overly impressed with the mixture as it seems to have turned the gloss green a bit on the matt side. Anyway a few pictures.
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In the meantime I had been clearing out my tool box and I came across a little Nissan touchup pencil (brush really) for the clearcoat on a car and though I would give it a try so tried it out over the green and red on an old harrier I keep for experimenting on I gave it two coats in various places over acrylic paint and it has formed a really hard glossy coat and has not afftected the paint (so far its been three days) it seems to self level as I can't see any brush strokes could be worth thinking about for a real deep gloss.
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