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On 8/31/2023 at 9:06 AM, Rich Chernosky said:

I have used Tamiya  X-22 clear over  AK Chrome (similar to Revell)  and have found very little dulling and a nice shine.  Thin with Tamiya X20 thinner. Other thinners,like Mr Color leveling thinner will eat into the chrome ands dull it. 

I just tried brushing some strait from the bottle on some Revell chrome that had been drying for a few weeks ,,, dulled it.

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4 hours ago, Rich Chernosky said:

All of my results were from airbrushing.  Brushing X-22 allows too much of the solvent to sit on the finish and that is what dulls the finish.

Ok, so show us some pics. You know what they say , "No pics, it didn't happen". ?

For me, it's good but not perfect. Any dulling would put it into the "pointless" territory for me.

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3 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Ok, so show us some pics. You know what they say , "No pics, it didn't happen". ?

For me, it's good but not perfect. Any dulling would put it into the "pointless" territory for me.

Steve...this is my 1/20  Vodaphone Mclaren finished with AK Chrome and airbrushed with X-22. The clear coat was very necessary as the decals would not lay down properly over the chrome finish.  This was my second or third project usDSC07950.JPG.450359ed281acc8ad0ec7d91a80b53ee.JPGing this technique. 

 

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14 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said:

Thanks for the link Rich. That model looks fantastic, but to me, it doesn't look like chrome, although it does look better then what I did last night.

Good to know that decals won't stick to the AK stuff though and you figure the Revell is about the same?  I was planning to use it on some 1/144 airliner models I have so now I know to look out for that.

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