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Thanks for all your tips, folks. Much appreciated. *NM*
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ORANGE PLASTIC BLEED: Monogram '69 Judge--somebody here shot Tamiya Silver Leaf? Real Silver? said it worked *NM*
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ORANGE PLASTIC BLEED: Monogram '69 Judge--somebody here shot Tamiya Silver Leaf? Real Silver? said it worked *NM*
I've never done it myself but have seen silver, also aluminium mentioned as "sealers" over red & other shades of plastic. *NM*
What color are you trying to paint it? *NM*
Splash Paints Verdoro Green Poly over their Dark Grey Surfacer *NM*
I'm thinking between the dark gray primer and Verdoro Green, it should work out *NM*
Same here. *NM*
The few times I did it, I used platinum gray Duplicolor with a quick blast of "sealer primer" on top of that. I try to avoid kits molded in red/orange/yellow and look for another issue in white or gray *NM*
Depends on the final color, really. I would try the mild 'standby' automotive primers first like Plastikote T-235 as close to the finish color as you can get
Orange plastic AMT '40 Ford, sanded, sprayed an older version of Krylon flat silver, then Krylon purple, no bleed through *NM*
Would you even notice orange bleed thru into purple? Usually if the base/paint are kind of the same color, you won't have trouble. *NM*
Earth tones (orange, red, brown, probably yellow) tend to overpower other colors. The purple might work though, depending on how dark it is *NM*
It always seemed to me that it was the red dye they use in the red/purple/orange plastic that was a major problem (sometimes). Since orange is about 1/2 red, and purple is about 1/2 red, I just wouldn't ever expect much of a problem with orange bleeding into purple.
My test showed the orange giving the normally cool-tone purple more violet-ish. Even Krylons and Rustoleums are losing opacity as they get reformulated, ergo increased chance of bleed through *NM*
I'd be looking hard at decanting those for an airbrush, and going to a compatible tinted flat undercoat *NM*
Thanks for all your tips, folks. Much appreciated. *NM*
