Jantrix Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Has anyone come up with a way of doing good RELIABLE tint grey windows? I have heard bad things about the Tamiya smoke.
TooOld Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 If you make your own decals you know that they are always transparent , so I've been playing with that for window tint . I printed a black decal on clear paper and used it for the strip across the top of a windshield , it worked great ! You can vary the shade from black to light grey and even colors .
High octane Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Some larger hobby shops carry clear and colored acetate by Midwest that is great for window tint. And yes they even have the smoke color as well.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Or you can always stop by your friendly neighborhood window-tinting shop. They should have scraps in a variety of shades of gray, and the ones I've dealt with in the past were more than happy to give me as much scrap as I could carry.
Can-Con Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 I think the main reason the Tamiya clears have a bad rep is the way people use them. Most times I hear someone trying to tint a window with them by hoseing it on the part and hoping it dries nice. You wouldn't try painting a body or engine like that so why would someone think it would work well on anything else? They work just fine if you use it like any other paint [which, of corse it is] and airbrush on a few light coats letting them dry a bit between coats. when you get the darkness you want, clearcoat it and polish it out. That's how I did the light grey tint on the rear windows of this Rabbit. If I wanted a darker tint I would have just put a few more coats of smoke on the glass before I clearcoated it and polished it out.
Mike_G Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 I've used both automotive tint film and Tamiya X-19 "smoke" to good effect
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 You could give this stuff a try. I've struggled a little with window tint myself. I've tried clear acrylics with mixed results. Tried the Testors clear black enamel with no luck. I always seamed to have trouble with either the paint "beading" up on the glass or not drying clear. When I found this at Hobby Lobby, I thought, why not. I was actually quite impressed! I used just one very light coat on my '64 Chrysler project & it worked very nicely. Another plus is the easy alcohol clean up. Don't like the results? Just wipes right off with an alcohol swab! Steve
Jantrix Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 Thanks Steve. I'll look for it in my LHS. Thanks to everyone for their advice. Much appreciated.
PowerPlant Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 I have used actual self-adhesive automotive tinting foil before... Worked like a charm Like Bill, a.k.a Ace-Garageguy, I got pretty much a lifetime worth of scraps from a local tinting shop - too small for them to use, but perfect for cars in our scale
Jantrix Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 Okay. I'll take a trip out to a local place this weekend. Thanks guys.
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