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Model Master Acrylic Clears and Primers
U2FanNick
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Florida, United States
Joined: December 21, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 02:15 AM UTC
Anybody here have any experience with these clears. I love Model Master and want to stop using the spray can clears and primers.
The primer I am using is an enamel based primer from a spray can, and every time I use it my clothes and skin smell like petroleum after.

Here is a link to the MM clears http://www.testors.com/category/136694/Clears
russamotto
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Joined: December 14, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 02:30 AM UTC
I've used Testors flat clear acrylic and I like it. It doesn't make a dead flat finish, but still reduces glare significantly, and gives a good surface for applying pigments or pastels. The gloss is very glossy, but I use Future floor wax instead as it is more economical and very easy both to use and to clean up. Don't know about the semi gloss.
SgtRam
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: March 06, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 02:42 AM UTC
I use Testor Flat Clear through an airbrush with very thin coats at about 18psi, and it comes out dead flat. As for primer, I still like the Tamiya Spray, nasty smelling stuff, but it works. I am starting to use occasionally the Vallejo primers, and they are not bad.
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