Tamiya's LP-4 gives you a clean, dead-flat white lacquer that stays crisp instead of going chalky. It's brilliant as a matt basecoat, for interiors and markings, or as a bright, hard-wearing white wherever a gloss would catch the light wrong. Fast-drying and smooth through a brush or airbrush.

At a glance

Best for

• Clean matt white basecoats
• Interiors, markings and detail work
• A chalk-free white that holds up to handling

Thinned right, it lays down smooth and even without losing that flat finish.

Matt white done properly. Thin and clean up with Tamiya LP-10 Lacquer Thinner for best results.