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  • Member since
    July 2014
Painting
Posted by VinceBRZ on Sunday, July 6, 2014 9:03 PM

So, I'm new to the hobby after a 35 year break. I'm doing a car model (a subaru BRZ that I own in real life)  and messed up on the body. What are my options at this point. Here's what I laid down: several coats of the base coat tamiya blue mica acrylic. Sanded with 2000 then 3500 grit paper. That looked great. Laid down several coats of Testors  clear coat laquer. There was a flaw so I sanded, well, I over sanded and wore right thru to the plastic.  I then remanded and laid down a couple more coats of the acrylic blue mica.  I plan on putting a couple more coats of the clear laquer at this point. Is that going to be a problem? Is the paint going to peel?

To top this all off I want to do a pearl clear coat but all that's available is enamel.

i want to get as close to a perfect automotive finish as possible. What should I do to save this?

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, July 7, 2014 9:09 AM

Putting down enamel over acrylic can be a problem.  Some folks can do it, others not. One biggie- it needs to be THOROUGHLY dry and cured.

I would put it up on a shelf for awhile and maybe try a car or two with simpler paint scheme.  Then, experiment with scrap plastic and the paints you want to use.  Before trying any difficult painting task it is much better to try it on scrap plastic before ruining a good model.  Also, for pearl type painting questions you might hang for awhile in the Autos forum.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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