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                        I'm Convinced, White Paint is of the Devil

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                        MontanaCowboy
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: I'm here physically, but not mentally.....
                        I'm Convinced, White Paint is of the Devil
                        Posted by MontanaCowboy on Monday, August 8, 2005 5:18 PM
                        Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]It must be eliminated. I was painting the landing gear on my F-15 today, I drilled a hole throught the bottom of them to handle them easily with a thoothpick. I got my airbrush ready, and began to paint. It was all going smooth as a baby's Censored [censored]. That was, until I came back an hour later to find them FUBAR. the paint pooled in the recesses and there was hardly any paint on the raised detail. I had my ratios and PSi correct. It also was thick on the edges and thin in the middle of the pieces. what went wrong!?Sad [:(]
                        "You know, Life is like a Rollercoaster. Sometimes you just die unexpectedly." No wait, that's not it.
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Monday, August 8, 2005 7:44 PM
                        Many acrylic whites (and yellows) are just that way. Plan on spraying several light, even coats until the coverage looks right.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, August 8, 2005 8:12 PM
                        also in addition to what Scott said, I find priming with a white or even light grey primer makes it a LOT easier to cover in one or two coats... just shoot them light and keep gradually building up until it covers... by going slow with it, it will look fabulous when done!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 7:06 AM
                        Try using Reefer White from Floquil. It is enamel paint, but goes on in only a few coats.
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                        overkillphil
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Indiana
                        Posted by overkillphil on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 10:20 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ryanpm

                        Try using Reefer White from Floquil. It is enamel paint, but goes on in only a few coats.


                        That it only goes on in 'only a few coats is the disturbing part.
                        my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
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                        DURR
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                          July 2013
                        Posted by DURR on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 11:36 AM
                        on small parts like that try a testors paint marker it works pretty good
                        and best part even if you had 50 coats of course you wont but.... no clean up
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                        waikong
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: NYC, USA
                        Posted by waikong on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 11:55 AM
                        Like Tom said, put some primer on. After that, even one coat of white will cover.

                        My website: http://waihobbies.wkhc.net

                         

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                        archangel571
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                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Friday, August 12, 2005 2:13 AM
                        Gunze makes a mr. base white 1000 that comes in a bottle so you can use as a primer through your airbrush. you can add another light coat of white if you want a semigloss finish.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Borg R3-MC0
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Utereg
                        Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Friday, August 12, 2005 2:40 AM
                        For the wheel whells on my B-2 , I had to put on 7 (!) coats of white paint!

                        But as said by other, white primer can be very helpfull. (If only I knew when I was building that B-2!)

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                        MontanaCowboy
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                          June 2005
                        • From: I'm here physically, but not mentally.....
                        Posted by MontanaCowboy on Friday, August 12, 2005 10:58 AM
                        Does model master make a white primer?
                        "You know, Life is like a Rollercoaster. Sometimes you just die unexpectedly." No wait, that's not it.
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                        archangel571
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Friday, August 12, 2005 12:58 PM
                        ummm... if i can still try to stir my brain a bit to remember my last trip to the local hobby shop (25 miles away...) i think they had a spray can of all purpose primer, which i'd assume to be grey. I don't know what they have in bottles though. Tamiya also has a Fine Surface Primer in a spray can that I have been using for my bikes, but i guess spray cans wont do you good for wheel wells due to the overly large coverage.

                        http://www.ehobbies.com/tes4622.html
                        yea they do make it.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 12, 2005 2:36 PM
                        I used gray as a primer on an A-4 Skyhawk I restored for a friend. No problem with the paint (airbrushed) going on in two coats.
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                        MontanaCowboy
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                          June 2005
                        • From: I'm here physically, but not mentally.....
                        Posted by MontanaCowboy on Friday, August 12, 2005 2:57 PM
                        Did it discolor the white to a light gray, I've heard that it does.
                        "You know, Life is like a Rollercoaster. Sometimes you just die unexpectedly." No wait, that's not it.
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:23 AM
                        I prefer Tamiya Fine Surface primer in rattle cans as a primer. It goes on very thin straight from the can and only a couple of coats are required for even dark colors. It's a laquer so it dries and cures very quickly (I've sprayed over it after letting it cure for 30 minutes, although I don't generally pushing it that far).
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        albert_sy2
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Singapore
                        Posted by albert_sy2 on Monday, August 15, 2005 12:08 AM
                        I use Mr Surfacer White for my wheel bays, intakes, missiles, etc. A few coats is enough for a good white color.
                        Groovy baby
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