Window Tinting

[noobian]

I am building a '69 Nova right now and am thinking of tinting the windows. Has anyone done this before? Any tips? Thanks

 

[treyzx10r]

Hi Noobian,Tamiya makes a 'clear smoke' in rattle can that works decent. Try it on some scrap first of course.

 

[noobian]

Thanks!

 

[beav1013]

if you're using tamiya acrylics through an airbrush, you can try adding black to their gloss clear. I've used that before with good results. add little amounts of black at a time to get the tint where you want it.

just an option to a rattle can if that's not your thing.

 

[Ian M]

And you dont have to stay with black with Jims idea, it will work with all colours....

Ian M

 

[noobian]

Great ideas. Might be a dumb question but... Do you tint the inside of the window or the outside?

 

[treyzx10r]

Great ideas. Might be a dumb question but... Do you tint the inside of the window or the outside?

I would recomend doing the inside

 

[noobian]

Thanks trey.

 

[Tibbs]

Found the answer to my question here...... But, as this is the best part of 4 years old, thought i would just check if this was still the chosen method?


Cheers

 

[ojays]

Try mixing a little colour (acrylic) in the Johnsons 'KLEER' Haven't tried it myself but have heard it works.


Gregg

 

[Dave W]

I tried tinting the canopies on my TSR2 with Tamiya clear orange.Unfortunately it dried patchy and not a uniform tint.So I cleaned it off and tried mixing some of the clear orange with a bit of the newer version of Johnsons Klear.Im pleased to say it worked well.