Pardon the stupid questions for a moment, I haven’t AB’d or built a model in probably eight years or so, my wife got me back into modeling as a wedding gift.
So I shot a base coat on my 1/24th Nissan Z32 with acrylic Tamiya paint, sanded a few times, did a couple layers till it was even. I tested some acrylic (testors) clear gloss on the inside of the body to see how it would react with the base coat before airbrushing, and the damn gloss ate away some of the base coat and mixed with it a little too.
Would a coat of Future floor polish be sufficient as a protectant between the paint and the gloss coat, or can I safely use an enamel gloss on top of the acrylic without eating all the paint off?
I concur, spray light coats of Future at first, then you can lay it on pretty thick. It dries to a hard glossy finish. Don’t worry about the durability as the model is more fragile than floor finish is. We modelers tend to forget that it was primarily designed as a floor finish and not a modeling aid!
You can difinitly spray a clear gloss enamel over acrylic paints , and i’ve never experienced acrylic clear eating through the base color acrylic . Maybe you sprayed the clear on to thick and to soon over the base color . Try spraying several light coats and allow some drying time in between coats . Sorry about your mishap but we all have them . Good luck.