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Body paint... - motoxer4life - 01-06-2007
Im gonna paint my losi 8ight body tomorrow and ive heard that you have to scour it with a brillow pad or steel wool? is that true? and does anyone else have and tips for painting a body?
Body paint... - Czech-it-Out Graphics - 01-06-2007
no just wash it
Body paint... - Czech-it-Out Graphics - 01-06-2007
whoever told u that is on crack
Body paint... - Evil3 - 01-06-2007
Czech-it-Out Graphics Wrote:whoever told u that is on crackThats what I say.
Spray in very light mists to help the paint stick (should take about 3-5 coats to get the color where you want it). If water based, use a heat gun to heat set the paint.
Body paint... - kevinF - 01-06-2007
nick, didnt i allready tell you???
i said yes you need to clean it, and you spray paint it lightly and do 3-4 coats of paint and after each coat you dry it with a blow dryer
Body paint... - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 01-06-2007
but some painters do VERY LIGHTLY scuff before they paint.....
Body paint... - Czech-it-Out Graphics - 01-06-2007
with a scotch bright pad
Body paint... - Evil3 - 01-06-2007
and if they are using dark colors
Body paint... - Obsessive R/C - 01-06-2007
I've had very little reason to scuff prior to paint....just wash & rinse thoroughly and you'll be fine
Body paint... - motoxer4life - 01-06-2007
ok and ya kevin u did but i wanted the opinion of pretty much "pro" painters like mike and stuff.
Body paint... - mikeh - 01-06-2007
I used to meticulously clean the body, scuff it carefully with a scotch brite pad, clean again, and then paint.
It still chipped when I landed on the roof and stuff.
So I gave up and just wash them now, and it did not seem to make any difference at all for the durability of the paint job.
But I never have any luck with Pactra black paint. Is it me or does that paint just love to chip and crack?
Body paint... - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 01-06-2007
Black spray can ?
Body paint... - Jeepguy - 01-07-2007
I guess my way of prep is overkill. I first scuff with a VERY fine steel wool or scotch brite pad then wash, apply window masks, and finally clean once more with rubbing alchol then paint..I feel it works very well the one body on my basher has yet to flake anywhere, its also 2 years old and looks like hell.
Body paint... - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 01-07-2007
I also use denat alcky as a last step, to remove finger prints etc.
Body paint... - Obsessive R/C - 01-07-2007
mikeh Wrote:But I never have any luck with Pactra black paint. Is it me or does that paint just love to chip and crack?It's the paint. The Faskolor & Createx paints I've been using adhere very well to lexan w/o scuffing. It may have to do with using a heat gun in between coats to "set" the paint, or the use of Faskoat as the final backer. Either way I've had very good luck w/ those products.
Body paint... - Krosenqu - 03-29-2007
mikeh Wrote:But I never have any luck with Pactra black paint. Is it me or does that paint just love to chip and crack?
I never had ANY luck with pactra paint at all. Even the white seemed to hate me. I use all Fascolors now and have never had a problem since.
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P.S. Sorry to resurect the thread but... meh