Paint

[SSMaxxND]

hey guys..... what is that stuff called that is underneath the prographixs bodies..... i know its underspray but does anyone know of a specific kind thats good? thanks

[NitroRustlerDriver]

Actually, the "paint" used on prographics bodies isn't actually paint. It's ink. The colors are printed on instead of sprayed.

What are you going to use the undercoating for? Most of the time you just use silver or black to back other colors after you have painted the main colors. If you are using for a body you painted, what color did you paint it?

Andrew

[t-maxximum]

THe three choices for backing paint are white silver and black.

[SSMaxxND]

ive got a few different bodies... i just put on a thin coat of gray primar and its workin good

[NitroRustlerDriver]

Be careful when using some normal spray paints. A lot of them will eat through lexan like Homer Simpson and a stick of butter.

Andrew

[stumper]

what kind of paint are you using that eats thru lexan??

[bjoehandley]

Most laquer paints will eat into plastics if applied heavily enough and not protected in some manner. I haven't run into problems with the lexan bodies but have ruined a few plastic models because of that (poli-styrene, again I think thats how it's spelled but can't remember). Usually with plastic models and Tamiya's hard bodied r/c's you have to use a primer that will help shield the plastic from the chemicals in that type of paint. I've melted and crazed plastic bodies when getting carried away while spraying the stuff, even with good primer under it. I don't know the best way to fix this on a lexan body other than not laying paint down like it's coming out of a fire hose and drowning the plasic in the paint. Personally, I'd just hand brush the Parma Fascolor paint of your choice onto the body.