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Paint Mixture for translucence

Do you need to add some substance in a paint so that it can give you a Glass effect in the sense an almost transparent paint with very less colour in it or do you get them ready made.

Sandeep Warpe
Hobbyist - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2005

What you are after is a premade liquid coating, most likely fiberglass resin or acrylic resin. Both dry clear and glasslike, the fiberglass is more durable though and much more commonly available.

Marc Banks
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina
2005

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