Hey guys,
Haven’t seen anything in a search turn up that is relatively current info on this, but I’m wondering what the best method is for airbrushing Testors Glosscote. I have the ratio down fine, I just need to know if misting light coats is ok, or do you need to let a sort of ‘pool’ build up a little bit as you sweep the airbrush back and forth? I don’t typically use Glosscote for a glossy finish–I just like it because it’s a nice lacquer layer to do acrylic weathering over, and it dries quickly. FWIW, my bottle of glosscote is around 10 yrs old. I know there was some question on whether the formulation changed.
So, mist it? Or go heavier? Just doing a single coat.
Thanks!
Chris
I generally go for heavier coats, but that is because I usually am going for a heavier gloss. I have used thinner coats when I wanted a semi-gloss or eggshell. It seems to work well either way. I have even brushed (manual) on a thin coat to create the eggshell look in a small area. My bottle is pretty old too, since I usually use the rattle can.
You know, Don, I rattle-canned a coat of glosscoat on my BF-109 WIP, and it turned out pretty good. I was happy with it, except it seemed to take a long time to dry. I usually use Future for my clearcoats, but of course you can’t if you’re going to be doing an acrylic wash and scrubbing that off with windex. Maybe the longer dry time for the rattle can is the tradeoff for the better durability over Future.
For awhile Testors was offering rattlecans of both enamel and lacquer gloss overcoats. The enamel variety did take a long time to dry. Recent cans seem to be the old lacquer and dry quite quickly.