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12-08-2020, 03:21 AM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Penicuik
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| Wheel arch painting - tips
I'm seeing a lot of Sendero bodies with painted wheel arches. Looks good IMO. I haven't painted an RC shell seince I was 13 years old (made a mess of it then). Any tips on how people have done this? Mask and spray? Mask and hand paint? I'm hoping the naswer isn't 'use a steady hand' because I only have two hands and neither are steady. Forgive the noob question but I'd be very grateful to hear a walk-through on how to do it. Ta. |
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12-08-2020, 06:39 AM | #2 |
Go Buckeyes! Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Mid-Ohio
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| Re: Wheel arch painting - tips
Mask off and spray is how I do it. After masking, I spray a couple coats of Tamiya PS-5 Black. After black has dried, I spray a few light coats of Tamiya PS-55 Flat Clear over top of the black. The last coat of the flat clear, I hold the can farther away and lightly spray to help give it a slight texture to the surface. Here are a fes examples of the bodies I've painted with that technique. The first two pics I used the outside film as making. The last pic I used painters tape. |
12-08-2020, 09:39 AM | #3 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Kelowna, BC
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| Re: Wheel arch painting - tips
Mask & spray But do yourself a favour and good quality vinyl masking tape (very similar to electrical tape, often found in the autobody section) for making nice clean lines and smooth corners. |
12-10-2020, 03:51 AM | #4 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Penicuik
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| Re: Wheel arch painting - tips
Chaps, good advice thanks. I've got the black coat on but am waiting for my can of flat clear top coat to turn up in the post. I used tamya maskking tape. Nice to work with but I won't know how decent it really is until I peel it off Lessons learned: 1. Dont point then shoot (initial spray from the can is splattery). Everyone knows this. I knew this. Still did it. 2. Keep the can warm. I'm spraying in my cold garage (with forced ventilation). Doesn't seem to be an issue with the paint drying in there but the cans work best if I keep them in the warm house prior to use. I guess the propellant works better and the paint is thinner at warmer temps. 3. This is addictive. Planning to spray the bonnet in a camel yellow now. Cheers |
12-10-2020, 09:41 AM | #5 | |
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| Re: Wheel arch painting - tips Quote:
And yeah, as long as your painting area can stay at 10*C or better you shouldn't have any curing issues. If it start to drop too far below that though you might start to see bad things happen (flaking/cracking/poor adhesion etc). * I'm not a pro or anything and I don't intend to sound like I know more than I do. I'm just commenting based on my own experiences. | |
12-11-2020, 06:20 AM | #6 | ||
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12-11-2020, 07:25 AM | #7 |
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