Clear coat in a spray can opinions - Model Railroader Magazine

wjstix

I recall weathering a tank car with IIRC an alcohol and india ink wash; when I sprayed dullcote on it, the model turned cloudy. I never was able to fix it.

That's strange, I always thought it was the other way, and my experience seems to validate this:

Dullcote then Alcohol Wash ==> white, cloudy finish.
Alcohol Wash then Dullcote ==> No problems

Recently I put an alcohol wash on a model figure I dullcoted years before, and the darn finish turned splotchy white! (Years, maybe a decade since I dullcoted the figure - you'd figure it would have cured by now) - since the figure was one I painted before I purchased an Optivisor, I wasn't too heartbroken, stripped the paint and repainted (using an Optivisor this time - much nicer looking), weathered with alcohol+india ink, dullcoted (always dull-coat your model humans and animals...maybe semigloss for model goldfish ), and there was no problem, finish was a nice clear matte.
Actually I always do this, give my model figures a alcohol was of ink, then dullcote, and no problems.

I do recall Dullcote then Alcohol Wash ==> cloudy finish...but then Cloudy finish + Dullcote --> more or less restores the clear matte finish.