TooJung2Die
Master member
It's GREEN!
I had to clean off the paint and start over twice with this new paint. It kept beading up even after cleaning the film with alcohol and acetone. By the way, it seems you can clean this film with anything and it won't hurt it. I finally got the paint thinned to the consistency needed to go down evenly using glass cleaner and rubbing alcohol.
Second coat, still wet.
After four very light coats of very thin paint.
The plan was to paint the bottom a light blueish gray. The wife says leave it clear so the skeleton shows. Decisions...
You can speed up the time between coats to nothing with a hair dryer or heat gun set to low. Still have lots more to do. I'm really enjoying this. Glad I got back to balsa.
jon
I had to clean off the paint and start over twice with this new paint. It kept beading up even after cleaning the film with alcohol and acetone. By the way, it seems you can clean this film with anything and it won't hurt it. I finally got the paint thinned to the consistency needed to go down evenly using glass cleaner and rubbing alcohol.
Second coat, still wet.
After four very light coats of very thin paint.
The plan was to paint the bottom a light blueish gray. The wife says leave it clear so the skeleton shows. Decisions...
You can speed up the time between coats to nothing with a hair dryer or heat gun set to low. Still have lots more to do. I'm really enjoying this. Glad I got back to balsa.
jon
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