Clear Tamiya paint Q

[Guest]

Hello all - have just come to paint a spinner in gloss red but found I didn't have gloss red in my box but flat red. I do however have a jar of "clear" red.

Now, I'll be painting over gloss white, question is, if I paint over gloss white with clear red will the results be akin to gloss red?? Or even anything close to gloss?

Hope you kept up there! Any thoughts welcome, cheers, Rob

ps - all of the above is Tamiya acrylics by the way... and painting over gloss white because I'm attempting (!) a stripey spinner on a Spitfire. Wish me luck!

[Guest]

Hi Rob, I use clear red for navigation lights, it is a gloss but is fairly transparent, suggest you could paint with your flat red, then top coat it with the clear red for the gloss effect. Try it with a small hand brush on scrap plastic first to check. I find Tamiya's always dry darker. Cheers Derek

[Guest]

Interesting suggestion re: flat then clear, cheers for that.

Trouble is this option will require patience on my part and given I am desperate to get this Spitfire finished (not got a great deal of love for this kit) I may not be able to summon restraint :-)

Alternatively I can order some gloss red!!! Will ponder a while...

[The Migrant]

Or you can paint the spinner with the matt red and then apply a coat of gloss vanish/Future/etc.

[Guest]

Or you can paint the spinner with the matt red and then apply a coat of gloss vanish/Future/etc.

Yeah that did cross my mind but haven't found that the stuff I use (Lakeland floor polish, similar to Future/Klear as far as I can tell) makes it truly glossy but presume with the clear red on top it might give it a bit of a boost. Will probably give this a go tomorrow now!

[papa 695]

Hi munkster if possable could you post some pictures of your results so we all can see the result . Many thanks papa 695

[Guest]

use flat red then any clear gloss over the top, i don't think the clear red over white will give the results you're looking for

[Guest]

Hi munkster if possable could you post some pictures of your results so we all can see the result .

So far so good :lol:

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May even re-mask this was my first attempt after tracing over a spinner decal I have in this decal set.

ps - no idea why it's put the pic in twice, [rhetorical]does it normally do that?![/rhetorical]

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[Guest]

If you have a flat red, try white first (or better, yellow) then flat red then clear red. That will have a good gloss.

[Guest]

Two shots, one after flat red, the other after clear red on top. Seem glossy enough for me in the flesh - pics may not show it as much.

Will take another when I pull the mask off, that'll be interesting... :lala:

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[papa 695]

Thanks for the pictures rob looks ok to me

[Guest]

No probs Ian - I have removed the masking and it's hardly an expert piece of work (so I'm not overly desperate to post up a pic!) but it'll do and the stripe effect works unless you're up close...

The main thing is however that the flat/clear red combo really seemed to work well - in my case over a GLOSS white base.

[papa 695]

Once again thanks rob