Suggest paints Tamiya clear, won't disolve?
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Suggest paints Tamiya clear, won't disolve?

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Tamiya clear (clear,blue, yellow, red)
"X22,X23,x24,X27"

It peeled off the silver I used for a base coat.

Not sure if I didn't mix it enough.
Acryllic doesn't mean, safe for acryllics..

Posted by Spartan-023
on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - Updated on Wednesday, March 29, 2017
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galactron22 -
Thursday, March 30, 2017
What brwnd was the silver paint you were using? sometimes mixing paint brands can cause some issues.
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antithetical -
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Man, that's weird. Maybe the prep work on the figure for the silver needed to be better, or perhaps you applied the silver paint too thick? I know with silver it takes several light layers to get a good result and sometimes the first two or three layers it doesn't look like much is happening. Only other thing I'd suggest is giving your base coat plenty of drying time before applying the clear, at least a day. From personal experience there have been times I've gotten impatient with paints and suffered the consequences.
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Spartan-023 -
Thursday, March 30, 2017
I think what's happening.
I could smell the thinner coming from the clear colors.
And the silver I used was a cheap water based acryllic.

Maybe other tamiya paints will hold up as base coat.

I had to strip the silver & what looked like an acid piss stain (clear yellow)

The yellow was much harder to remove than the silver.
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antithetical -
Friday, March 31, 2017
Are you using an acrylic clear?
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