Colouring Klear

[chief5437]

Hi guys, I'm just about to dip my canopy in Klear, and I had a thought. (Dangerous, I know, lol!)

I was thinking if it would be possible to colour/tint the klear with a colour to avoid painting afterwards?

Maybe adding clear blue or smoke, depending on what's needed? Or maybe food colouring?

Just wondered if anyone's tried this, before I dive in!

Cheers guys

[Pierce]

I don't know the answer but if Klear is acyrlic i would think you could add acyrlic paint. Inquiring minds want to know. I think an experiment is in order.

[chief5437]

Yeah, might try it on a few spares first!

[Daishi12]

You may find that "solid" acrylic colour just gives a pale, washed out, semi-opaque clear canopy... I have tried to achieve a tinted effect using Revell Contacta Clear and have brushed over diluted "Derwent Inktense" dark blue and that seemed to work for me. Hope this helps..

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[chief5437]

I was thinking of tamiya x-23 or x-19, clear colours. We'll see what happens! Fingers crossed, lol!

[Navcom]

Let us know how it goes!

[RobertK]

How about food colouring? Smoke will be hard though but blue should work.