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03-18-2013, 04:55 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Spring Hill, TN
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|  Lexan paint?
Anything you can buy at home depot that would work well for painting a body? thanks! |
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03-18-2013, 07:03 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: 01011
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| Re: Lexan paint?
Sure..... An atlas to give you directions to the nearest hobbyshop:P. All seriousness lexan requires a "flexible" paint that will properly adhere to it. Otherwise the body will very quickly develop a case of leporacy and start to flake apart
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03-18-2013, 07:06 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Spring Hill, TN
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| Re: Lexan paint?
Thought maybe there was something. It's a long haul to the nearest hobby shop for me. Middle TN doesn't have much and I live out in the sticks. 70 mile round trip for a can of 4 dollar paint.
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03-18-2013, 07:19 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lunenburg
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You can use this stuff. I got some at Ace Hardware but its sold everywhere. http://asoftplace.net/wp-content/upl...lon-fusion.jpg |
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03-19-2013, 02:09 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Springfield
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| Re: Lexan paint?
I found out myself that lexan shells need lexan paint. I tried painting my first slash shell with a plastics paint, but it all chipped away
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03-19-2013, 08:44 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Charleston
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| Re: Lexan paint?
If its too far of a drive to the hobby shop why don't you just order some paint? That's what I usually so.
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03-19-2013, 06:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: 01011
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That will work on a hardbody shell like the Tamaiya's or New Brights but will still flake off a lexan body. | |
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03-19-2013, 07:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lunenburg
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I usually use Faskolor or Creatix airbrush paint, but I have used The Fusion paint with success on Lexan. If you do some research you'll see results are mixed and surface prep is very important if you try it.
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03-20-2013, 08:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vermont
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| Re: Lexan paint?
I have a Honcho cab that was painted with what looks like regular Krylon and no surface prep. I can flex the lexan with one finger and you hear cracking and the paint lifts off lol.
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03-20-2013, 08:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Spring Hill, TN
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Well, I just bit the bullet and made the drive. Stocked up on Pactra now... and a few other things.  |
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03-20-2013, 11:33 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Redding
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I can also speak from experience. Krylon fusion does not work very well either.
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04-04-2013, 11:12 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Livermore
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| Re: Lexan paint?
ok, how about tamiya polycarb as a base coat and then a NON poly tamiya paint as top coat, anyone have any luck with that combo ? Thanks! Baja |
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