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ScottsGT

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Just sprayed Alclad for the first time. Looks great and close to chrome! Now I want to use some of my oil based wash to fill in the cracks and seams before airbrushing some Tamiya smoke on the joints. FYI, this is the part on my Phantom behind the exhausts.

How well does the odorless mineral of spirits play with Alclad?

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I would seal the Alclad first to be on the safe side. Best sealer to use is Tester's Metalizer, as it has the least effect on the metallic shine. Next up would be Alclad Sealer.

Almost all the other sealers greatly effect the metallic shine. Sealing the Alclad will prevent the mineral spirits from attacking the Alclad  is mineral based and is not lacquer based.

Peter

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I just finished using Alclad on the exhaust area of my Tamiya F-4.  I then used tube artist's oils and odorless thinner (Turpenoid to be exact) to add the heat discoloration.  I used various brown shades plus blue working from some photos of the area.  I used no sealer over the Alclad and it worked fine.

 

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Standard Alclads dont need any sealer and wont be damage by mineral spirit. However, if you use the "high shine" range (Chrome, polished aluminium, stainless steel, airframe aluminium....), they are much more delicate and really wont like your oil wash...

 

The best solution if you want to be sure is to make a try on any scrap plastic before shooting live bullets.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Major mistake turned into a really great effect tonight. I was thinking I was spraying a coat of my metallizer sealer and accidentally loaded the metallizer thinner in the airbrush. I got a dark streaking effect and in the perfect location too.

 

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It actually looks better that it does in the photo, and once I add some wash and smoke to the surface it should turn out nice.

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