As I was painting my 1/32 Hornet, I first applied the white basecoat (spray paint) then I masked the panels and painted the outer wings and inner wings (upper and lower, respectivly) blue, and other parts. However, the masking tape [painters mate green] wasn’t that good, and as a result, I got lots of seep thru. So, Looking at the instructions, I decided to do a diferent aircraft. So i whip out the spray paint again, cover everything with a nice coat, nothing shows through. Then, After letting it dry for 24-48 hours, bam! there’s tons of blue left over, as in “I can see it underneath the white.” The spray paint is an enamal, and the blue is testors acrylic. Can anyone help? Thanks
Paint gets thinner as it dries. It isn’t uncommon for things that didn’t show when the paint was wet and thick to show up when it dries and the solvents evaporate. White is also one of the more difficult colors to get good coverage with. It could also be that the white enamel caused the blue acrylic to dissolve.
You can either try another coat of white or strip it and start over. There is a good chance that another coat of white will cover the blue that’s left, but white is a tough color to get good opacity from.
HEY,
I would strip it if i could, but if you dont want to do that add a couple coats of primer and then paint over that.
Randy
Thanks guys.
I have no detail to protect, since it’s raised panel lines. I’ll just overcoat it in white, and if not white again
That’ll work … Give it enough paint and it will either turn white or into one big egg-shaped lump [:p]
primer hides well too ryan. maybe you should try some primer first, then return to the white. later.
Light gray primer might work better than white. That’s what I would use if I ever had that problem. Let us know how things worked out.