Painting With a Spray Cans
08-14-2008, 05:01 PM
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Painting With a Spray Cans
Anyone have any tips for painting with spray cans or any videos on how to do it? Im not sure how to paint with spray cans esp. on a car body.
08-14-2008, 05:20 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
Well, make sure you have washed the inside of the body, dried it, then apply the window mask, warm the can in a cup of warm water, then spary one coat of paint on let it dry and then spary on another coat and so on..............................
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
I know nothing of painting rc bodies, but for general plastic the best way to get it to shine is to use these steps.
1. Wash the item completly.
2. Spray a coat of primer down on the item.
3. Wait for the primer to dry all the way then spray your desired color of choice.
4. Wait for paint to dry then apply some layers of clearcoat to give it a shine!
In each of the steps you might have to and probably will need to use more then 1 coat of paint.
1. Wash the item completly.
2. Spray a coat of primer down on the item.
3. Wait for the primer to dry all the way then spray your desired color of choice.
4. Wait for paint to dry then apply some layers of clearcoat to give it a shine!
In each of the steps you might have to and probably will need to use more then 1 coat of paint.
08-14-2008, 06:01 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
ORIGINAL: ace9213
I know nothing of painting rc bodies, but for general plastic the best way to get it to shine is to use these steps.
1. Wash the item completly.
2. Spray a coat of primer down on the item.
3. Wait for the primer to dry all the way then spray your desired color of choice.
4. Wait for paint to dry then apply some layers of clearcoat to give it a shine!
In each of the steps you might have to and probably will need to use more then 1 coat of paint.
I know nothing of painting rc bodies, but for general plastic the best way to get it to shine is to use these steps.
1. Wash the item completly.
2. Spray a coat of primer down on the item.
3. Wait for the primer to dry all the way then spray your desired color of choice.
4. Wait for paint to dry then apply some layers of clearcoat to give it a shine!
In each of the steps you might have to and probably will need to use more then 1 coat of paint.
08-14-2008, 08:09 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
ORIGINAL: ace9213
I know nothing of painting rc bodies, but for general plastic the best way to get it to shine is to use these steps.
1. Wash the item completly.
2. Spray a coat of primer down on the item.
3. Wait for the primer to dry all the way then spray your desired color of choice.
4. Wait for paint to dry then apply some layers of clearcoat to give it a shine!
In each of the steps you might have to and probably will need to use more then 1 coat of paint.
I know nothing of painting rc bodies, but for general plastic the best way to get it to shine is to use these steps.
1. Wash the item completly.
2. Spray a coat of primer down on the item.
3. Wait for the primer to dry all the way then spray your desired color of choice.
4. Wait for paint to dry then apply some layers of clearcoat to give it a shine!
In each of the steps you might have to and probably will need to use more then 1 coat of paint.
08-14-2008, 08:25 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
Oh ok see I didn't know. And I said I have no experience with painting rc bodies, I was just talking about plastic in general. Sorry.
08-15-2008, 05:44 AM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
LOL i tried painting with cans 2day,im not very good(being that im only13) but ill keep trying then ill paint a body for my volcano s30
08-15-2008, 05:54 AM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
LOL i tried painting with cans 2day,im not very good(being that im only13) but ill keep trying then ill paint a body for my volcano s30
08-15-2008, 03:36 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
Like said above clean the body out,mask up and take you time between coats of spray.
Rushing is the enemy while spraying,take your time and it will come out great
Rushing is the enemy while spraying,take your time and it will come out great
08-18-2008, 11:35 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
Does it affect the paint job at all if i where to sand it? (will it be as shiny if i didn't sand it)
EDIT: One more question... how long should i wait in between coats (i use a hair dryer to speed it up). And how thick should each coat be. (should i be able to still see though it or not?)
EDIT: One more question... how long should i wait in between coats (i use a hair dryer to speed it up). And how thick should each coat be. (should i be able to still see though it or not?)
08-19-2008, 05:19 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
a very light, thin coat for the first coat. All of them should be light and thin, though. if you spray it too heavily, it'll bleed under the window masks and run and just generally look like poop.
08-24-2008, 07:44 PM
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RE: Painting With a Spray Cans
None of the responses above mentioned this
To practice painting a r/c car body, get a 2 liter bottle and cut it in half....the material that bottles are made out of are the closest thing to an actual r/c car body. So you can practice all of your painting skills on a bottle and when you feel that you can paint a body then go for it.
Also, not sure if you have ever heard of it but Liquid masking. I use Bob Divelys stuff. You paint it on the inside of your body...usually 4 coats is good. Then you take a crafting knife and you cut out the design that you want on your body and you paint that. Use a hair dryer to dry it and once it becomes flat looking put another coat on it, 2-3 coats is good. Then after that dries really good you can cut more of the liquid mask out and paint more...repeat that all the way through. Remember that you can paint over a color on the body and it not show on the finish. After you have the entire thing painted take silver or gold paint and paint the entire bottom of your body. That gives it a finish that is so that you can't see through the body if your paint is thin in some spots.
To practice painting a r/c car body, get a 2 liter bottle and cut it in half....the material that bottles are made out of are the closest thing to an actual r/c car body. So you can practice all of your painting skills on a bottle and when you feel that you can paint a body then go for it.
Also, not sure if you have ever heard of it but Liquid masking. I use Bob Divelys stuff. You paint it on the inside of your body...usually 4 coats is good. Then you take a crafting knife and you cut out the design that you want on your body and you paint that. Use a hair dryer to dry it and once it becomes flat looking put another coat on it, 2-3 coats is good. Then after that dries really good you can cut more of the liquid mask out and paint more...repeat that all the way through. Remember that you can paint over a color on the body and it not show on the finish. After you have the entire thing painted take silver or gold paint and paint the entire bottom of your body. That gives it a finish that is so that you can't see through the body if your paint is thin in some spots.
