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Paint for tinting passenger car windows

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Posted by wmwalker on Saturday, November 30, 2013 8:51 AM

Rev

I have never tried the paint but some of our club members have gone to Hobby Lobby and bought some 81/2X11 sheets of colored tinted plastic film and it looks really nice when the car it lighted. They also changed out the lighting to LED's cool white and that looks great. They just cut strips to match the size of the strip that was in the car and replaced it. All their cars had interiors not silhouettes on the film.

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Wyatt

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Posted by RRaddict on Friday, November 29, 2013 10:01 PM

Okay I don't know if no one knew the answer but I am guessing from the non replies no one knows. I went to the LHS and found that Tamiya clear green is perfect for tinting windows so if anyone else is looking for an answer that is the best I can come up with.

Kev

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Paint for tinting passenger car windows
Posted by RRaddict on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:16 PM

I saw an article in CTT on how what what kind of paint to use for tinting passenger car windows. Does anyone else else remember what kind of paint that article said to use? I didn't pay much attention to it as I thought I would never need it but of course I do.

Kev

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