Spray Painting over White
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I am newbie police car modeler, and I am going to attempt my first
repaint of an entire car. The car is painted all white, and I was
wondering how well the finished product would be if I were to paint
over the current white paint.
I would like to avoid using a paint stripper if possible due to the
toxicity of the whole process, but I know this would be the best way to
do a repaint.
I'd like to paint the car in black and olive. Has anyone repainted a
car without stripping the paint first?
Thank you for the advice!
Mad-modeller
cars. Believe me, the paint coat underneath will show, probably in the
most noticeable place.
Stripping the paint is the best way.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Al Superczynski
>...I was wondering how well the finished product would be if I were to paint
>over the current white paint.
It would probably work okay provided you scuffed up the old paint
first with some 1000 grit wet sandpaper. OTOH you might want to go
ahead and strip the old paint so you can get rid of any mold parting
lines or other flaws before repainting.
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It is easier to paint dark over light, though. I don't think painting
over white finish coat would be much different than painting over a
white primer.
For that matter, I'd prime anyway, over the white paint.
Car Shopping
Don, do you suggest I use a white primer or maybe a grey one instead?
I may try stripping the paint also. Can I pour the liquid into a
plastic bucket or does it have to be a metal one?
Thank you!
Mad-modeller
I keep Scale Coat Washaway in a Rubbermaid container and have for years.
No problems here. Pine-Sol probably will affect a plastic container.
I've never tried Castrol Super Cleaner but I think it might affect
plastic too.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Al Superczynski
<checkr...@nextline.com> wrote:
>I've never tried Castrol Super Cleaner but I think it might affect
>plastic too.
Castrol is fine for plastics. It does, after all, come in a
plastic bottle. Do NOT use it on metal bodies or put it in a metal
container - at the least it will pit the surface and if you leave it
in there for any length of time it will dissolve metal.
If you need to remove paint from a metal body use aircraft
stripper, but use it with extreme caution. It's even nastier on human
tissue than CSC.