Vallejo Gloss Varnish

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Coo blimey Aidan that is very scientific !

Interested to see the results there.

Photo perhaps if it shows.

Laurie

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Just add Aidan it would be interesting to try as Graham & Stuart have mentioned wet & dry a gloss paint sample before putting on the varnish.

Laurie

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I've done some tests on varnishing. On peice of plastic was covered with matt black paint, the other with gloss black paint. After 24 hours I sprayed Klear onto both. The matt coat became slightly less matt, while the gloss coat became quite matt. After another 24 hours I gave a second coat of Klear. The matt painted coat is now glossy and the glossy painted coat is alos glossy but not as glossy as the matt painted plastic.

So it looks like Graham was right. Only problem is that I have painted all the pieces of the Model T Ford with black gloss. I just assumed that a gloss finished model would be given gloss paint. (Why do they sell gloss paint?)

So I'm not going to varnish my Model T. Too risky. Will assemble it while wearing gloves.

Aidan

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Worth trying the Vallejo Gloss Varnish Aidan.

Laurie

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Next on my list Laurie.

Aidan

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Part 2 of my test is complete. This time I had two identiical surfaces on which was two layers of Black matt paint and two layers of Black gloss paint.

This time I sprayed Vallejo gloss varnish and what a differnce, compared to Klear. As I said in a recent post, the gloss paint upon which I sprayed Klear did become glossy but when I sparyed on the the Valleojo gloss (again two coats) the gloss is a little glossier than the same test with Klear.

But what is spectacular is the gloss effect when Vallejo gloss is sprayed upon Matt black. High gloss indeed and the finish feels so smooth, much smoother than the Klear. So I've learned my lesson. never again use gloss paint! I'll be using matt paint and Vallejo gloss when next I build a gloss finished model.

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Part 2 of my test is complete. This time I had two identiical surfaces on which was two layers of Black matt paint and two layers of Black gloss paint. This time I sprayed Vallejo gloss varnish and what a differnce, compared to Klear. As I said in a recent post, the gloss paint upon which I sprayed Klear did become glossy but when I sparyed on the the Valleojo gloss (again two coats) the gloss is a little glossier than the same test with Klear.

But what is spectacular is the gloss effect when Vallejo gloss is sprayed upon Matt black. High gloss indeed and the finish feels so smooth, much smoother than the Klear. So I've learned my lesson. never again use gloss paint! I'll be using matt paint and Vallejo gloss when next I build a gloss finished model.

Thank for that Aidan that is good stuff. Thanks for your time that is most innteresting like probably you I would have thought gloss varnish on Gloss paint would have been superior.

Laurie

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Great stuff Aidan and, as laurie has said, thanks for taking the time to actually test the theory and post the results, this will be of great use to a lot of people.

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Laurie and Graham - thank you. I took pictures but they don't show the diffference in gloss finishes. I need to learn how to take photos so that detail, such as that, can be seen.

Aidan