I have switched from lacquer to their base coats, easier for me to get, and painted a plane with several different colors, used the 4004 base, and clear coated all in 4 hours. It offers maximum coverage, so you get plenty of paint for your money. Most of the time, I have sprayed clear gloss lacquer over the shells when doing a stain or even an ink screen print design. Some members say YES others NO. People toss around terms like primer, sealer, two-part paint, tri-coat, lacquer, single-stage, and it can get confusing. It went on very thin, dried fast, and was not very glossy, almost flat. Free Shipping by Amazon ... FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. Painted it in a white Benjamin Moore “Interior Acrylic Latex Semi Gloss” after priming. New paints were developed that added these finishes to a base color paint. Funny thing is that the Nason BC/CC system's base coat was like shooting laquer. ... Rust-Oleum Automotive 253366 11-Ounce Acrylic Lacquer Spray, Clear Gloss. Can you use Testors Dullcoat over Tamiya acrylics. Its 2013 avoid lacquer if possible and use a urethane single stage or urathane base coat clear coat you will have a more durabale stable end product. You can use low heat to blow dry it an it dries in minutes and you can clear coat as soon as it dries. As paint jobs became more complex, with pearl or metallic finishes, these simple paints could not hold up. The clear coat is applied after the paint as a … Older cars were painted in just a colored paint. Some of the less expensive paints are diluted a lot and good coverage is hard to get. FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. This time, I'm doing a pretty detailed paint job over the shells and would like to put a protective clear coat over it. I’m trying to be more careful since the gloss coat I used(Mr.Hobby Color Acrylic Clear Gloss) ruined the camo on my current model. The quality of the paint job depends on the quality of the acrylic paint. I use a lot of the hobby acrylic paints and clear coat it with rattle can lacquer. $12.77 $ 12. 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,733. My favorite clear flat coat is Poly Scale acrylic flat. I think it should work, just use caution and don't soak it the first couple of coats. 77. 4.5 out of 5 stars 200. My bottle has gone bad, and I can't find Poly Scale clear flat anywhere. 1-16 of over 1,000 results for "clear coat for acrylic paint" Skip to main search results Eligible for Free Shipping. Thanks to the availability of Internet information, anyone who has ever sprayed a coat of paint can post their expertise online. 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,445. Since I'm working on a project that has Testors Acryl paint on it and I wanted to gloss coat it for decals, I decided to contact Testors regarding the use of their clear coat sprays. Arrives before Christmas. After spraying the lacquer, I sanded through 2000 grit and buffed using 3M Finesse It II. ... Rust-Oleum 1906830 Lacquer Spray, 11-Ounce, Gloss Clear. ... Dupli-Color EBSP30000 Clear Coat Paint Shop Finish System - 32 oz., Clear Gloss. The product is designed for application over a factory-applied finish or in conjunction with Duplicolor Perfect Match Premium Automotive Paint. Sorry for the noob question,but I am wondering if I can spray Tamiya Lacquer(TS-13 and TS-80)from a rattle can as a gloss and flat coat over my models which are painted in Tamiya Acrylics. $3.96 $ 3. My question is: What type of protective clear coat can I apply over the paint to prevent the books from sticking or leaving marks? The base coat/clear coat system describes a way to paint cars. I have seen guys clear over paint stick pens, which is laquer based. A clear coat is added over that paint to protect it. I have used several different clears over it w/o any problems. Minwax Brushing Lacquer 155000000, Quart, Clear. 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