Latex help
 

Hello eveyone,

I had taken a break from the hobby(BurnOut) and have started back. I am picking up on a project I abandoned when I quit. I now need a little advice from fellow modelers. I started painting the bottom of a glassed wing with exterior latex. The paint layed on great but my surface prepare was not near to what it needed to be on the bottom side. Not sure what happened (actually I do!), but the weave was not filled in very well even after the primer. In my quest to get this bird painted I continued painting against my better judgement.

Whats the best way to remove the latex so I can put another coat of epoxy or primer to better fill the weave?

Or, should I call it a lesson learned and press on. The top of the wing and fuselage are fine and nobody see's the bottom 95% of the time anyways.

RE: Latex help
 

The only suggestion I can offer is to lightly and carefully wet sand using
alcohol instead of water.

It might work if the paint isn't completely dry.

Good luck
Roby

RE: Latex help
 

try, Methal Hydrate. and a scuff pad....D.B.

RE: Latex help
 

Thanks for the tips.

I let the paint dry for six days. Then took a green scotch brite pad and scuffed it all down. This worked great. But when I sprayed, I used very light coats. I believe this helped as there wasn't alot of paint to heat up and ball up from scuffing and clogg the pad.

Ted

RE: Latex help
 

You can't wet sand latex. It does sand real well once dry. You can use 400. If your really want it completely off use acetone and a lot of shirt type/cotton rags and changes rags often cause they'll load up with paint. Then once all the paint is off you can srap autobody primer sanding with 220 between coats.

Hope this helps

RE: Latex help
 

Go to Lowes and get a can of OOPS.IT will remove latex.