Are Alclads and Metalizers compatible ?

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
1

Can one be sprayed over the other without problems. I’ve got a selection of metalizers but there a some shades available in Alclads that would be very useful also. Are the Alclads prethined for airbrushing?

Thanks,

Tom

2

Alcads are used right from the bottle and must be airbrushed. They give a hard finish when try so you should be fine to use just about anything over them, but as always try on a small area first just in case

Phil

3

Most of the Alclads work best over a gloss black finish, so I would not use it over a metalizer. However, the other way around might work.

4

I have had zero issues using the two on a build. A word of caution though: Alclad is tough as nails and Metalizer has a glass jaw. If you’re going to be doing a lot of masking for various shades of NMF, panels, etc. then I would encourage you to use Alclad as the base. Metalizer just doesn’t play well with masking tape.

5

Thank you all for the info. That’s what I needed to know.

Thanks again,

Tom