Hello, I am painting a car model with Tamiya Acrylic flat paint and want to spray some future floor shine on it to give it a gloss look. Do I need to lightly sand the acrylic paint before putting on the Future Floor Polish? The acrylic looks a little gritty. I mostly do armor and it dose not matter as much.
Thanks in advance, George
You can add some drops of Future into the paint before you airbrush it to give a more smooth satin finish. Then give a clear coat over that. I’ve done that before.
Sanding probably is overkill, but buffing with something like nylon stocking mesh does a great job of knocking down that ‘gritty’ surface for the gloss coat. Really reduces the chance of accidentally sanding through that perfectly-achieved finish.
Yes, Look at some you tube build guides on cars and watch them polish the paint prior to clear coating
I haven’t tried it personally, but you might also try buffing with a paper coffee filter. I seem to recall seeing this mentioned quite a number of times on this forum over the years.
I Buff flat paint or primer on cars with 000 or 0000 steel wool if it seems a bit rough before clear coating. I still have steel pads but they sell scuff pads now rated in steel wool 000 or 0000 grits.
So is this the future that everyone uses and raves about?
John
yes it is
Though it’s been renamed several times since that particular incarnation. It’s currently known as “Pledge Revive It Floor Gloss”
I now use Tamiya X-22 thinned with lacquer thinner fwiw. It’s clearer and with my aging eyes it’s good enough as shot without buffing after.
So what’s the best way to use it? and when to use it?
Use it like most clear glosses are used. The op is thinking of it as clear gloss over a flat color coat on a car body. That’s one use ( usually needs buffing out though imo). People use it before a wash is applied etc…
ok, So I usually paint in flat paint then clear gloss to put decals on the coat that with either flat or more gloss depending on the subject to seal the decals and or weathering. Can I still do that with the future on there?
John
Good question since that I have not done, I’ve seen posts for and against it for use with decals then flat coating. I guess it depends what your next coat is ( acrylic, lacquer, enamel). I can say I’ve never used it under decals, I like the thinnest coat of lacquer I can put down ( metalizer clear is nice and thin), then I can use anything on top. Maybe someone will be along with a clearer answer for you.
I use lacquer now as the base coat over my paint then decals and then use the flatest clear to go over them, usually a acrylic.
I think that’s a pretty sure bet. You can top coat with most anything over lacquer.
I do that, sometimes. Yes, the filter paper can knock down a rough surface.