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@@CreatexColors thanks for always coming out with helpful tips and trick and product information 👍🏻👍🏻

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Please see our How-to Paint RC graphics, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g699n7tonajIiGg.html, and Candy RC videos, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJifgbaG0Na7fmw.html. Simply cleaning the polycarbonate body with isopropyl alcohol before paint works to prepare for paint. Scuffing is not required. Thank you.

6000 Transparent Sealer can be used as a satin, top-coat clear for the right application, however it doesn't replace a catalyzed (2k) clear in regards to durability and weathering protection, so definitely its not for use as a top-coat clear. Polishing 6000 creates more of a semi-gloss finish. Thank you.

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I have 2 questions. What is the best airbrush for spraying Createx UVLS Clears and candies? And if I'm airbrushing an electric guitar or helmet could I use a Createx UVLS Clear and then put a 2K clear coat on top? Just to protect the art before final 2K clear. Thanks!

To paint a candy2o color coat over a metallic base or an inter-coat of 4050 on a helmet or guitar, a spray-gun such as LPH-80 with a 1.2mm E4 cap works best. For small graphic areas and general airbrushing, candy2o can be used with any tip-sized airbrush. If using an airbrush to apply UVLS clear (which is too small to evenly apply a protective coating of 4050 before top-coating with a 2k clear) a 0.5mm tip-size or larger is recommended. Thank you.

Yes. Before paint, best practice may be to scuff the 4050 with 800-grit dry then clean with 99% isopropyl alcohol or a solvent-based degreaser prior to applying more paint. Thank you.

Spray at the spray-gun manufacturer's recommended settings. For the Iwata LPH-80, use the E4 cap with a 1.2mm tip-size sprayed at ~ 18 psi inlet. Airbrush psi settings are more subjective, with artists subjective preferences. What is important for airbrushing is atomization of the paint; reduce paint and set psi so paint flows and atomizes finely without dry-spray. This takes artists time to dial in given their particular set-up and preferences. Thank you.

For polycarbonate (Lexan), neither 4050 nor 6000 is required as Createx Airbrush Colors and Wicked Colors adhere excellent when applied direct. Add 4030 Balancing Clear 10% per volume to Createx paints to improve adhesion and durability but not increase viscosity. 4030 Balancing Clear is a urethane clear. 6000 can also be added, but if doing so onto a flexible RC car, limit adding 6000 at 105 per volume to paint as it is a much stiffer/ harder acrylic resin. Thank you.

@@CreatexColors I just did a little test on some lexan with your wicked colors compared to proline and it did seem like the wicked colors adhered better than the proline slightly doing a fingernail test. Thanks for confirmation

Createx paints, including 6000 and 4050 do not have to be scuffed prior to applying a top-coat clear. 4050 and 6000 can be left indefinitely without scuffing. Thank you.

Our best gloss clear is 405 UVLS High Gloss Clear. Best application, using an airbrush like an Iwata TH2 which has a 0.7mm, fan-pattern tip that lays out a clear much better than a 0.5mm tip, each operated from the same compressor / CFM. A water-based clear like UVLS generally lay down for a more level coating, applied medium wet in a 50/50 overlapped pattern better with a tip-size larger than .5mm. Thanks.

@@CreatexColors I think most modelers aren’t going to own airbrushes bigger than .5mm. Anything you would suggest for that needle size?

Most airbrush artists don't have a 0.7mm tip-sized airbrush, and most air brushers don't apply clear that well compared to using a mini spray-gun. The TH2 allows for more flow, and spray-gun like layout of the clear, while being able to operate from an airbrush hose and air compressor. The best, show-quality automotive finish for scale modeling is a solvent-based, catalyzed (2k) clear. To get this close with a water-based clear like UVLS, we find a 0.5mm tip-size a bit too restrictive. Thanks.

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4050 is an excellent carrier-medium for metal-flake and could be sprayed through a 1.7mm tip-size with little to no thinning with 4011 Reducer. After it thoroughly dries, top-coat with a catalyzed clear. Thank you.

candy2o are concentrated dyes, which when added to 4050 are stable in suspension so colors lay down evenly. However, 4050 is more viscous compared to 4030 Balancing Clear, the original carrier-medium for mixing with candy2o, until 4050 was developed. For light airbrushing, (not fully saturated coats applied as a mid-coat graphic color) mixing 4030 with candy2o does work, although the candy2o dyes will leach (“bleed”) more into top-coated colors compared to mixing with 4050. Thin only with 4011 Reducer. Thank you.

Sorry I quite don't get it. You say 4040 (bleed checker) can be used as carrier for dyes!!! I was asking....AutoBorne sealer 6000 to carry the candy die in this situation. Will it work?

sorry, typo, meant to type 4050, not 4040

AutoBorne Sealers do not stop the leaching of candy2o dyes into top-coated colors. The best bleed blocker is a catalyzed (2k) clear. Thank you.

4040 Bleed Checker is only for use over candy2o to prevent colors from migrating into top-coated colors. 4040 doesn't have the build or leveling as do 6000 or 4050 and doesn't make a good inter-coat clear. 6000 and 4050 do not stop canmdy2o dyes from bleeding. Thank you.

@@CreatexColors I found out 6000 doesn't stop candy bleed the hard way. 🤣

4050 is the only carrier- medium we recommend for candy2O. We made a candy RC body video earlier this year which covers this. Thank you.

4050 UVLS Gloss Clear is the only UVLS Clear recommended for use an an inter-coat clear, pearl carrier or mixing clear for candy2o and other Createx paints. The flattening effect in 4051 and 4052 lessens their performance (i.e. adhesion) as an inter-coat clear compared to 4050. Try a test panel comparing 4050 to AP01, you may wish to skip the AP01 step. Thank you.

We really like Mirka tape, especially their orange, fine line tape as it holds down along tight curves without lifting (where many others do after a few hours) or leaving a residue. Thank you.

Please make a test panel for your proposed graphic technique. After 48+ hours air drying, UVLS Clears can withstand direct contact with water, but are not intended for water submersion, so limit the amount of water used for lubrication while applying the decal. Whether a certain brand of window cleaner can be used is best determined by you through a test panel or two. We wouldn't use a window cleaner, but then we'd make the graphic by applying masking tape and using the stencil to trace & cut the design, then paint. Thank you.

6000 Transparent Sealer does not have to be sanded prior to applying Createx paints, and other paints, although testing first is recommended. Thank you.

4050 UVLS Gloss Clear is the only UVLS Clear recommended for use as an adhesion promoter or carrier-medium for candy2o. Use 4052 Matte only as a top-coat clear. Thank you.

@@CreatexColors Aaah - I’ve seen on a dealer website that 4052 has the best adhesion promotion, but that's apparently wrong. I’ll change my order to 4050 then ;) And the 4050 doesn't need sanding when used as intercoat.?.? Thanks 👍

Please refer to the UVLS tech sheet available at www.creatextech.com., where issues like sanding after UVLS Clears air dry for 48-hours, before then, sanding is not required. Thank you.

Donnie it's the auto air line that has been faded out and replaced with the wicked line, the auto bourne has always been auto Bourne but vastly improved in performance over the years, as with the 4050 this is used as a carrier for candy's and such and its used more for that over the 4051 & 4052 hope that helps..

For information about Auto Air Colors merger to Wicked Colors, please visit www.autoaircolors.com. AutoBorne Sealer is its own paint brand, which is the starting ground coat for all Createx paints when painting hard-surfaces. 4050 UVLS Gloss Clear is the only UVLS Clear recommended for use an an inter-coat clear, pearl carrier or mixing clear for candy2o and other Createx paints. The flattening effect in 4051 and 4052 lessens their performance (i.e. adhesion) as an inter-coat clear compared to 4050. Thank you.

@@dustyart580 it does, thanks for the info.

@@CreatexColors thanks for clearing that up

AutoBorne 6000 Transparent Sealer can be applied over any primer which has cured, and can be top-coated with a 2k urethane clear. Thank you.

All Createx paints, including 4050 UVLS Gloss Clear and AutoBorne 6000 Transparent Sealer are available in 2oz. & 4oz. sizes, perfect for sample testing. For sales in the UK, please contact SM Designs at www.smdesigns.co.uk. Thank you.

Yes, thin with 4011 Reducer ~ 20% - 30% v/v. Thank you.

A catalyzed (2k) urethane or epoxy clear works best to prevent candy2o dyes from bleeding, especially when applying with a spray-gun where more material is applied per coat. Thank you.

Mix 4050 8:1 candy2o 4659 Deep Purple, apply over a metallic base such as 6013 AutoBorne Silver Sealer. You may also find our Candy-Pearl Purple video helpful, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMWdq5l83dyZc4U.html. Thank you.