Touching up mask clearcoat

[mngoaliedad]

I have some questions for all you expert home painters out there. I tried searching and have read numerous threads that go through the painting process but I haven't seen anything that answered my questions.

I recently picked up a used NXI Phantom mask off eBay for my son. It has a custom paint job that fit my son to a T and the price was right. The paint job looks great but the clear coat in the forehead area is a little rough with no shine. All of the threads I've read always talked about painting a mask from scratch but I'm trying to figure out what I can do to touch up the clear in that area. Sometimes the posts have referred to reclearing a mask but never seemed to talk about how one would go about doing that. Like I said, the paint is great and I don't want to mess that up. Given that I have no idea what kind of paint or clear were used and that I don't have access to an airbrush, does anyone have any suggestions on how I should proceed.

[hroark2112]

You can't properly apply clearcoat with an airbrush anyway. You need an HVLP gun to properly apply clearcoat. You can also use the spray can type with the hardener in the can, that will work with some success.

Your best bet is to find an auto paint shop and bring it to them. They'll do it for you when they do the next car. Last one I did like that cost me $25.00.

[dustyk43]

Honestly, if you dont have the proper equipment (spray gun , compressor, a place to paint it) I wouldnt bother attempting to touching it up because it wont come out that well. Most masks use an automotive clear coat/base coat setup. The clear coat is a 2 part urethane clear that has VOCs which are very bad for you and should not be used at home. If you were to touch it up, you would actually scuff/wet sand the whole mask and then clear coat the whole thing. You wouldnt really just clear coat the one small spot since the mask itself isnt that big.

[puctrgt]

Some are 3 part. They can be used at home with appropriate ventilation. (urethane, reducer, hardener)

Don't use spray cans. (Sorry, Ant!) But if you can't DIY, take Hroark up on his suggestion. (Cheap clear for someone who's already spraying it at a shop.)