Interior color bleed through on a white car

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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I am attempting to paint a Revell Camero white. It is supposed to have a black interior, so I used a light grey primer under the hood and on the inner roof. Now I can see definite darkening of the primed areas through the outer white. What is the most effective way to seal/prime the inner areas so the black doesn’t show through? as I am primarily an aircraft guy, there are a few things I need to learn about these ground based things!

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I think you will need to prime the exterior with a light grey to eliminate the bleed through. I’m not a car modeler, but those that know have told me that it should be followed up with flat white primer to provide color density, then finished with a gloss white. HTH

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When you have color bleed through whether it be from painting a dark color on the inside like you did, or it the body was molded in a color that is bleeding through, the solution is silver paint.

I can’t explain why it works, but if you use silver spray paint instead of primer it kills the bleed through. Then paint whatever color you want over top of that.

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Thanks for the idea! I wouldn’t have guessed silver! The kit comes in white and even a thin light grey is visible! I’ll try to remove the primer and try some silver. Any suggestions on what type of silver to use?

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You don’t have to remove the primer. Just spray the silver over it. I use Tamiya spray cans, the TS series. I forgot the number. TS-13 maybe?

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I’m going to have to try the silver paint. I usually use Tamiya white primer in a can for white, yellow and red. Pretty much anything that is a light tone or I want the top coat to be more vivid.

That reminds me to check if Hobby Lobby has it back in stock.

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