[adding clear to paint in airbrush]

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If you want to get ultra-glossy finish from your airbrush, after getting down your color coats, try a few finish coats with very high amount of thinner, and wet sand with very smooth grit sanding pads between. 

how many coats of thinned clear and which grade sanding paper , by very fine you mean 4000 to 10000 ?

[adding clear to paint in airbrush]

So its decant , wait 1 day for the prop to evaporate ,  airbrush , clear . i find cans to be ruthless even at a distance and in movement , for large areas it can overspray and run creating large deposits at corners . I find myself wasting a lot of spray as well . What i like about cans is that strong uniform gloss finish to the major surface .

[adding clear to paint in airbrush]

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My objective is to find out if you can get exactly the same result using a can spray for color X example yellow by airbrushing the same color gloss bottle by adding clear to make it as gloss as the TS spray " i tried Tamiya TS yellow and   Tamiya LP8 yellow lacquer and it was not the same yet at the store i was told the lacquer color equivalent to TS range should be the same .  . Another question is by decaning a color and using the color through the airbrush will it give exactly the same color result and is this action the objective for small touch ups  ?

[adding clear to paint in airbrush]

In order to get the same shine as can sprayed , can one add clear to the paint and diluent and airbrush to get the same result ?

[Decanting and will it work]

will order a tamiya bottle and conduct a test on a styrene sheet and match to damaged surface . thanks tip.

[Decanting and will it work]

the reason for decanting is to use the same Tamiya yellow color source for the  touch up to remove the white spots  .Will this give a 100% match ? If instead i use a Mr Color lacquer yellow from a bottle for the touch up will there be a difference ? at the local Tamiya shop they told me the Tamiya spray is the same as lacquer .

[Decanting and will it work]

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 How do i know the propellant is gone ? i must leave the glass bottle lid open 2 days ? i will post image today .

[Decanting and will it work]

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If i decant a spray with the intention of airbrushing a small surface area  slightly smeared ,  "small white blemishes over can sprayed yellow " , i still havent applied anything on top such as clear , will this blend 100% without leaving any border ?

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[Flat for lacquer paint]

they are recommending that one too . thank you all for assistance .

[Flat for lacquer paint]

this no good right ?

[Flat for lacquer paint]

flat base is something i have never understood and was never in the past able to use it to flaten . I cannot remember 15 years ago what i used to add to flaten a gloss or to flaten further parts or small areas  without using the spray can .  I used to use acrylic and enamel then . I will ask the Tamiya store what they recommend .

[Flat for lacquer paint]

GX114 as stand alone and C182 for flatening a paint  ? 

[polishing with a Dremel]

thanks for help

[polishing with a Dremel]

My concern is the decals , so gently does it with rag wheels .What does 2K clear gloss car finish mean ? I am using Mr Color clear spray can for finishes . Have'nt been happy using airbrush maybe due to wrong percentage of diluent .

[Flat for lacquer paint]

Gunze GSI Mr. Hobby Color Lacquer GX114 Super Smooth Clear Flat

is this the traditional flat you add to your paint ?

[polishing with a Dremel]

Is it risky to polish post clear coat over decals with a Dremel using the felt or cloth type wheels ?  and will it shine more than polishing with wax?

[clear colors using airbrush]

Not happy with the airbrush experiment i diluted heavily and this time dry brushed from the opposite side of the clear acrylic and the result was excellent . On none chrome styrene parts usually i paint a silver background before painting on the clears with brush always . I am seeing this happen often where  after a while a paint will kind of begin expiring and lose consistency . Solution is to order a fresh batch . 

[clear colors using airbrush]

i tried for the first time to airbrush clear on a chrome plated part and the result is a bright red and not clear , Does clear work with airbrush ?another question is i see my red clear is not  as good as it was when i first bought the bottle it seems to have been compromised with time , its thicker , sticks and not really clear and oily looking . can it be saved  or is it time for a fresh batch ?

[white and yellow resin and styrene]

thicker version of primer noted . thanks support

[white and yellow resin and styrene]

so if Mr Surfacer white primer was applied no matter what is below it the same paint applied wether same spray can to both or airbrushed to both  parts will be exactly the same ? 

[white and yellow resin and styrene]

yes , thats the after market resin short tail . I did not wash the part as suggested earlier .   

[white and yellow resin and styrene]

pics 

[white and yellow resin and styrene]

i will prepare close up pics and post  in the next 24 hrs .

 

[white and yellow resin and styrene]

i did use a light color primer on the resin part Mr Surfacer and then Tamiya can yellow but its still not equal to the styrene sprayed part . The sprayed styrene part was with Tamiya can yellow as well . When sprayed on to the resin part it dulls completely .The lighter the color the bigger the difference .