Testors Dullcote - Okay with Acrylics & Solvent based Paints?

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I am trying to find out what paint types you can use with Testors Dullcote.

Can it go under & over Acrylics?

Same question re solvent based paints.

Thanks

Tanked

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DullCote has some magic. It goes over everything, solvent based, water based, acrylic, decals, and just works. I have once tried a can of clear satin somthingorother and it crinkled my decals. I’ve stuck with Dull Cote ever since.

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Thanks.

What about 'under"?

I vaguely recall reading somewhere that someone liked to spray it over shiny new plastic freight cars as a ‘base’ for weathering.

If that is the case, could you put acrylics & solvents on top of it?? - (I guess so since you can spray over it).

Tanked

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I have used Dullcoat for a long time on anything you might imagine, and never had an issue with it. It covers oil and acrylic based paints really well, and I have used it on rolling stock trucks to dull the shine and they look quite respectable as a result. I have also mixed it 50/50 with Glosscoat to give a semi-gloss finish to some projects.[C):-)]

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When weathering you always start out with dullcote. Always. You can put acrylics & oil over it just fine. As for solvents, you would need to airbrush them, or carefully drybrush. Otherwise you run the risk of eating through the original layer of dullcote.

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I have used Dullcote forever and it truly is magic!!!

I’ve used it under, over and with all sort of paint and have never had a problem…

However, it should be noted that Dullcoat being a lacquer can and most often will be affected by alcohol, making a whitish, very dull, bleaching, ash looking type of “thing”. This is actually good in some weathering projects I’ve done, but should be noted as “Do not over-coat with an alcohol base” if you don’t want that bleaching!

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The solution for the bleaching is to just give it another coat of dullcote to neutralize it.