Warm painting

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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I needed to put another coat of gloss paint on the Stinson I am working on. It was in my drying box (I use enamels and built a drying box to shorten lengthy drying time). Usually I take a model out of drying box well before I paint it, and it is at room temp by time I paint. Yesterday I tried an experiment. I got paint and airbrush ready before I removed fuselage from drying box, so it was still warm when I began painting. It seemed to work well that way. it seemed like there was less of a tendency to run, and I wanted to get a very wet coat for good gloss.

I say warm rather than hot, as my dryer runs at about 105F, but it did seem to make a difference.

2

When I did car kits back in the day, I used to take a rattle can of gloss paint and stick it under hot water to warm it up for a few minutes before spraying. Works every time. I stop until the rattle can is comfortably hot to the touch before spraying. Believe it or not, it does leave a nice shiny coat on the model.

The trick to it is do it in several light coats each time you heat the rattle can. I usually let the rattle can cool completely before spraying additional coats in between.