Krylon satin cleacoat is it safe on enamel paint?

[GF]

Is it safe to use Krylon satin clearcoat over Humbrol enamel paints?

I want to protect and seal a paintjob I just finished on a mannequins head and needs to have a satin finish, whats out there thats safe on enamel model paints?

Thank you!

GFollano

 

[pandatrooper]

I airbrushed a custom paintball marker. Some parts were painted with lacquer, some with cheap Testors enamel and some areas were painted with Humbrols with a brush out of the can and some Humbrols were airbrushed.

I clear coated it with Krylon satin just fine, but I did very light coats. I would also let the Humbrols dry for 7-10 days. I spoke to a Humbrol distributor and they changed their formulations a couple years ago to meet environmental standards. This changed some colors, the consistency and drying and cure times.

If in doubt, do a test on scrap plastic etc. But it worked fine for me.

 

[pandatrooper]

Btw: Testors which is enamel has clear top coats (even satin) and they are lacquer based.

 

[KUROK]

I used krylon acrylic satin clear over glossy paint and it attacked it. However, doing light coats might have helped, I don't know. Test it first!

 

[GF]

I might just get humbrol satin clearcoat.

But if the krylon satin is acrylic base it shouldn't attack the enamel paints?


GFollano

 

[GF]

I used krylon acrylic satin clear over glossy paint and it attacked it. However, doing light coats might have helped, I don't know. Test it first!

Was your glossy paint finish waterbase or enamel?

GFollano

 

[franz bolo]

Do a quick test and let us know the results!

FB

 

[cheech9898]

Unless they changed it recently with the recent EPA crackdowns on rattle spray cans, Krylon's Crystal Clear products are/were an acrylic lacquer and actually made by Sherwin Williams. So be careful shooting lacquer over enamels, as the hotter solvents in the lacquer tend to attack prior paint coats especially in anything but a light mist coat. Considering how many paints have been reformulated recently your better spraying a test piece to be sure.