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I spoke to a airbrush Technician today and he gave me the following information. I wanted to add it under the technical Finish section but cannot find a new thread button anywhere, so apologize if this is the wrong place.
The original thought of Bottle Glazing is that you give it several layers of clear coat, which is partly correct.
Your first coat after you prepped is mixed on a 50% paint, 50% Thinners mixture. This will be to give you the solid base colour.
Then you flatten your tank.
Second coat is on a 35% paint, 65% Thinners mixture. Spray it until you can see a wet look all over your tank, but do not try and see if you spray everywhere. Work from one end to the other and try and get everything. (Words as the guy gave it to me)
Then you flatten your tank.
Third coat is 30% paint, 65% Thinners. Again same as the second coat.
Then you flatten your tank.
Four Coat is a 15% paint 85% thinners. Again same as the second coat. This is the part where you can add your customised spray work in as well.
The.... You guessed it, you flatten your tank.
Up to this part, you have only worked on the shine. Doing it this way gives you an exceptional shine from your paint. Notice how some spray jobs just dont give you that special shine, this way gives you that shine you want.
Now comes your clear coats.
First work on a 50% Clear to 50% thinners. Spray your tank, flatten it, and spray the same mixture again.
"DONT FORGET TO FLATTEN YOUR TANK"
Then you skip to a 15% clear coat to 85% Thinners. Spray your tank, flatten, and repeat this 5 times.
When all of this is done, you will get a bottle glazed tank. For those who do ont know what a bottle glazed look is, it is when you look at the spray job and it looks as if the paint is extremely thick and your custom spray work is way down at the bottom of the 5" thick clear coat on top of it.
Took me months to get this information, hope you guys find it use full.
The original thought of Bottle Glazing is that you give it several layers of clear coat, which is partly correct.
Your first coat after you prepped is mixed on a 50% paint, 50% Thinners mixture. This will be to give you the solid base colour.
Then you flatten your tank.
Second coat is on a 35% paint, 65% Thinners mixture. Spray it until you can see a wet look all over your tank, but do not try and see if you spray everywhere. Work from one end to the other and try and get everything. (Words as the guy gave it to me)
Then you flatten your tank.
Third coat is 30% paint, 65% Thinners. Again same as the second coat.
Then you flatten your tank.
Four Coat is a 15% paint 85% thinners. Again same as the second coat. This is the part where you can add your customised spray work in as well.
The.... You guessed it, you flatten your tank.
Up to this part, you have only worked on the shine. Doing it this way gives you an exceptional shine from your paint. Notice how some spray jobs just dont give you that special shine, this way gives you that shine you want.
Now comes your clear coats.
First work on a 50% Clear to 50% thinners. Spray your tank, flatten it, and spray the same mixture again.
"DONT FORGET TO FLATTEN YOUR TANK"
Then you skip to a 15% clear coat to 85% Thinners. Spray your tank, flatten, and repeat this 5 times.
When all of this is done, you will get a bottle glazed tank. For those who do ont know what a bottle glazed look is, it is when you look at the spray job and it looks as if the paint is extremely thick and your custom spray work is way down at the bottom of the 5" thick clear coat on top of it.
Took me months to get this information, hope you guys find it use full.
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