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Q/A & Help Group 8 years, 11 months ago Howdy, odd question…
Now I’ve recently completed a hg silver bullet, and I got a few PAINT related questions as I used this guy as a test subject…
*main body and the blue ish parts are stickers top coated in matte
*Used acrylic paints to minimize sticker useage and to accent it a tad
*matte finish was from a spray canNot sure how in the world to word it, but to break it down, matte’d the whole kit, THEN added scopes which while dry are unprotected and the head detail (in chrome silver, using the gm head) is only protected by a clear plastic part.
1.How SHOULD I have done this?
2.Can I go back and protect it as is (note-can’t take head apart, there was a border on the rear scope which i kept painting over so I filled that in and for consistency I painted over the entire area ith the head closed)
3.Can I be lazy and just matte it all or will it kill the scope effect?
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Forgot to add, the paints were all tamiya, clear green and chrome silver, was using acrylic over acrylic wise, I used 2-3 coats of silver before 1-2 of clear green and just one of silver would pull the silver off even after an hour :S)
how you did things seems to be fine and I would not matt over anything that’s meant to shine, matte will kill that.
For the silver peeling off, did you put down a primer first? also paint isn’t fully cured even if it seems completely dry, and can take a lot longer than an hour, infact depending on your climate a full day might not even be enough but that’s generally where I think most people will consider a day to be full cure time.
So for being lazy and matting the whole thing, well I’d mask the scope atleast if you’re gonna do that, and any other parts you don’t want to lose the shine on ofcourse.
…I don’t use primer (YET) but if it helps under where the silver was it was bare plastic matte coated.
It was a kinda cold day for the climate (although i added some coats the next day which was warmer but bare in mind neither were extreme nor did i take note of the temperature).
Would the scopes be ok as they are now, or should I gloss affected parts then mask and matte other areas (just the head and gun affected).
well the problem with not using primer is that primer is actually specially formulated to stick better, or in other words to prime the surface, hence the name, the topcoat you’re using as a base coat is not and so just like the silver paint it can be rubbed off sometimes.
As for the scopes if it already has a nice gloss to it which it probably does I’d just leave it but I don’t think there’s any reason you couldn’t put down a gloss coat.
ah, cheers