Use of house paints on models

 

Yes, Ross, my sister goes through the cubicle mindset a lot! I think Jon has heard what he needed......so your little rant wasn't a big distraction.

Would that we could adapt gallon-paint to modeling! Paint is my single largest expense! 

namrednef wrote:

Corporate Minion Beige.........hmmmmmmmmmm?

Go into almost any corporate hive. What color are the walls? Ninety percent of the time, they are some pale shade of beige. And the people ants that toil there are corporate minions. Remember that song from the early 60's, "Little Boxes"? That's what I'm getting at. When a corporate master tells his or her minions that he/she/it wants them to "think outside the box" what they mean is to think on the outside surface of the box, no further. Real creativity gets you fired, or at best shoved into a corner where your real creativity won't disturb their fat, smug, profitable comfort.

What most corporate wonks think "creative thinking" means is to "eliminate positions," thus putting even more strain on the remaining employees minions.…

Oh dear! You've got me on an rant! A thousand appologies!

I read somewhere where someone has use gloss white to do the insides of intake trunks...it fill gaps and leaves a smooth surface. Scratching off in such a location should be a factor...if I can't get my intakes to look just right...I install a cover over them.

jwb wrote:

Home Depot advertises they can match any color..... I figured I could go up there with a whole chart full of FS colors and set for life! LOL

Have you been drinkin' some of that NC moonshine brother?

Home Depot advertises they can match any color..... I figured I could go up there with a whole chart full of FS colors and set for life! LOL

Triarius wrote:

Don't do it. Most house paints are "acrylic latex" and are not formulated for plastic substrates at all. You will be able to scrape them off with a thumbnail. They also have a coarser, (and possibly higher) pigment load and will obliterate surface detail. Good luck getting them through any decent airbrush. Of course, if you really want a Spit in "Morning Peach" or "Corporate Minion Beige" they're the only way to go………

 

  LOL....I love it!

House paint would definitely be way too thick a coverage and obliterate the detail.

A shame, because a Panzer tank in "Pinkety Pink" would definitely be a hoot!

And yes, I have seen a house paint color called "Pinkety Pink"--where do they come up with these names anyway? 

 

Ross!....you happened to post just as I was writing! Yourself and a couple others were the 'chemists' I was referring to!

Hey! At least I recalled the advice I heard!

Corporate Minion Beige.........hmmmmmmmmmm? 

namrednef wrote:

Hi Jon! I recall reading here from one of our chemists, that modeling acrylic is formulated to be compatible with our beloved styrene.....for adherent and appearance qualities. If nothing else, my reply will bump this up for a better chance for an educated reply. I'll be watching too!

Oh, so my reply isn't "educated" enough for you, David?

Harumph!

 

 

Hi Jon! I recall reading here from one of our chemists, that modeling acrylic is formulated to be compatible with our beloved styrene.....for adherent and appearance qualities. If nothing else, my reply will bump this up for a better chance for an educated reply. I'll be watching too!

Don't do it. Most house paints are "acrylic latex" and are not formulated for plastic substrates at all. You will be able to scrape them off with a thumbnail. They also have a coarser, (and possibly higher) pigment load and will obliterate surface detail. Good luck getting them through any decent airbrush. Of course, if you really want a Spit in "Morning Peach" or "Corporate Minion Beige" they're the only way to go………