Weathering and clear coat

[zappa]

I just finished my last model, and while is was nice and dirty.
I noticed after a flat coat (tamiya flat clear) itwasn't that dirty anymore.
So did I blow dust away while airbrushing or should i be overdoing it a bit, so it comes out just perfect?

Zappa

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

A clear coat will always bury your effects and they will disappear.

I never clear coat over my weathering, once I seal the decals with it, the clear coat never comes out again on that model.

 

[zappa]

So how should I seal/protect the weathering ken?
Or do decals clear and done just weathering and leave it?

Zappa

 

[Dusky]

It sounds like Ken doesn't use anything to seal/protect it, which actually makes sense. Just imagine parts of it rubbing off as to dragging your hand over your dirty car.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Unless I'm doing something hairspray chipping over previously hairspray chipped paint, or enamel washes over enamel paints, I don't seal it.

Most of my weathering is enamels and/or oils over acrylics, so once they are good and dry, they are pretty permanent and don't really need sealing/protecting. Pigments are saved for last and are either held by a pigment fixer, or I just don't handle the model vigorously where I've applied the pigments.

 

[zappa]

Thanks for the explanation! I'm quite new to weathering.

Zappa

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

No worries. ;D