Hard gloss paint made with a high proportion of varnish/oil to create its hard surface. Needs a strong or solid undercoat, as it is not opaque. Enamels flow well.

a paint Paint is the general term for a family of products used to protect and add color to an object or surface by covering it with a pigmented coating

a paint that dries to an especially hard, usuallyglossy, finish

There are lots of different types of enamel paint that dry to a hard, usually glossy finish.

This paint is only soluble in white spirit. It is slower to dry than acrylic which can be a good or a bad thing. It used to be the most widely used modelling paint, but over the past couple of decades, improvements in the quality of modelling acrylics have lessened its popularity.

A paint which dries to a hard gloss or semi-gloss smooth finish.

A finishing paint material. Forms a hard coating with maximum smoothness of surface and dries to a sheen or lustre.

Paint that dries to a hard, glossy surface because of its varnish, polyurethane, alkyd resin or acrylic base.

An enamel paint is a paint that dries to an especially hard, usually glossy, finish.