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What's the best stuff to protect the paint, I mainly use water based stuff but occasionally use a bit of Pactra paint so would need to work with both,
And how long do you leave your paint to cure before applying protective finish?

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me - 2 days to cure, then 4 or 5 really light coats of Plastikote, blasted with a hairdryer in between.
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Cheers for the reply Andy what version of Plastikote are you using?
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this one...


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at the very least 24hrs after finishing and thats 24hrs on the radiators, then 2 very light coats of clear plasticoat no more or it adds lots of weight and can get brittle
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must be a difference in each coats Carl - I've had no brittleness and the shells aren't unduly heavy either.

When I say "a coat", I mean one swing of the spray can. Apply two much at once and the plastikote attacks the paint.

Each of my coats is seriously light !

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