I was in Halfords the day before yesterday, for an entirely unrelated reason, but noticed aerosol sprays of matt, and gloss, lacquer for use on car paint finishes.
I normally avoid sprays but was wondering if matt lacquer might be a more durable finish than the Vallejo brush-on matt varnish I use at the moment.
My question is, has anybody used a matt car lacquer on their models and what was the result?
If its solvent based i would not recommend using it. If its acrylic or water based you could give it a test.
Short answer, yes and it was fine.
Shake well ( the can, not you), spray in several short, light bursts (don't drown the things), spray at the recommended distance (it's recommended for a reason), spraying when it's cold or damp is not a good idea, Confucius he say,"man who spray into wind get his own back."
If the varnish turns cloudy, brush it with brush-on varnish in the affected area(s) and that, in my experience, fixes the problem.
I use spray cans a lot, because I'm too broke/ cheap to buy a spray gun, and have had no real problems with them.
What Ithorial said - I tend to use a dull coat as I prefer a more very flat Matt finish (I use a gloss "magic wash" a lot and it needs the edge taking off!), but the Halfords Matt is a solid finish other wise (and if you like a gloss "toy soldier" finish them the semi/gloss and gloss are also good!).
Their black Matt spray is a good primer as well, as is their grey!
Thanks for that. I was hoping it would be more durable and avoid the notorious clouding that affects model spray varnishes sometimes, which is always a danger if there is a 'r'in the month or the moon is on the wane. I might give it a go on some buildings.
I've had as much cloudy varnish issues with brush on as I have with sprays! Which isn't much but enough to always make me wary and do a test batch first...
The army painter spray I use only goes cloudy on transparent plastic...