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Painted & Clear coated armor turned yellow. Case?


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Recently I purchased new crates for my armor from Home Depot, the black ones with yellow lids (cheap). After repainting and adding 2 layers of clear coat to my kit it was very white and glossy BUT. After it cured and was trooped in twice I stored the suit (except the helmet) in the crates...pull it out for rouge 1 and everything is an ugly shade of yellow while the helmet remained white. <br>

I looked up "yellow armor" but all the threads I can find are regarding the plastic itself yellowing witch is not the case here<br>

Could this be due to the totes? Any options besides full strip and repaint?

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It could be several combinations, reaction of the paint to plastic or the boxes. Really without trying to replicate what has happened it could be hard to find the answer. A lot of clear varnishes will yellow while curing and can take some time to do this.<br><br><br>

I had a black towel wrapped around some of my painted pieces and some black leached into the paint, luckily enough it wasn't deep and I used a cutting polish and removed the black.<br><br><br>

Really depends how thick your paint is, you could try some cutting compound on a small area not very visible and see if that removed the yellowing. If it doesn't you may have to sand it all and repaint.<br><br><br>

What paint did you use? Also did you use the same make clear coat, mixing some paint types can cause issues.<br><br><br>

Can you post a few photos?

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