Modge Podge clear acrylic

[randyc]

Anyone ever tried Modge Podge clear gloss acrylic in a spray can?  Wife & I were going through her craft box last evening - we're recently married and I didn't know she had this other than her box of spray paint.  So I looked at it and sprayed some out to see how it smelled - hmmm....smells like spray paint.   And I looked at label.  Still good.  I had a hood with crazed paint and used it for a test.  Sprays nicely.  Lays down as good as any clear spray I've ever used.  Not a super slick shine, but glossed up the B5 (ish) blue base coat on my 70 Cuda.   It could probably be polished out more, but for now, I'm leaving it as is.  More like I think a car should look.  I havbe no need for show car shines.  Too much work for me.  Don;t flame me..lol

But try it.  I used it over plastiKote blue with no apparent ill effects.  And no, I didn't take a picture before or after for comparison.  I didn't have my phone.  But I'll try to get a shot tonight of the body if it hasn't melted into a hopeless blob from some unknown chemical reaction... I haven't done any pics of this build because do we really need another Cuda build?  I'm not breaking any new ground on it and am a little miffed at Revell over this one.   Too many weird molding issues - Distributor, carbs, soft window frames, wheels are not well-defined, interior door handles are conCAVE instead of CONVEX etc.  Stuff that really shouldn't happen, especially when they have done Cudas and challengers before.

At any rate - for the moment, Modge Podge gets a "recommended".  If it dries out hard and such, it will go highly recommended.

[CometMan]

I have many crafters in my family, they use Mode Podge to seal paper or card-stock designs to wood. If it doesn't attack either of those, I wouldn't think it would damage styerene, but chemical reactions are unpredictable! If it works out well for you, you might try the kind that comes in a squeeze bottle like Elmers. That way you could thin it out in your air brush to your taste and have more control than a spray can, and it would go farther too.

[randyc]

Wife & I do use it on the occasional jigsaw puzzle (why can't we build a model together like a puzzle), but that stuff doesn't seem to be something I would use on a model kit.  The spray stuff says acrylic, but it smells "solvent-y" like the stuff we are used to using on models.  Flows out nicely and stays thin.  I guess what I liked is that is glossed up without getting so thick like some clears that have to be built up to get to shine.  The dead flat might be good for carpet floors if not using embossing powder or fuzzy fur.