Melting Foam? Not Any More!

[Baron VonHelton]

As I stated, I use air guns to paint my aircraft with, not aerosol sprays or paints with fluorocarbons. As a result, I don't have melting foam. Also, just a small pump is all I seem to need. It gets the job done!

 

[Burnhard]

This looks promising. I had some bad experiences with the flite test foam board and my usual spray paint in recent months. Originally I used some foam board from Amazon and that worked great for painting with spray paint. Had good adhesion with the paint. On the recent SBKs I had the problem that the paint peeled of from the paper on the first build. The second build got a good scuffing but that resulted in the paper soaking in the paint which then seemed to melt the foam under the paper (never had that on the other foam board). I am considering to move to an airbrush system but am not yet sure what to get.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

This looks promising. I had some bad experiences with the flite test foam board and my usual spray paint in recent months. Originally I used some foam board from Amazon and that worked great for painting with spray paint. Had good adhesion with the paint. On the recent SBKs I had the problem that the paint peeled of from the paper on the first build. The second build got a good scuffing but that resulted in the paper soaking in the paint which then seemed to melt the foam under the paper (never had that on the other foam board). I am considering to move to an airbrush system but am not yet sure what to get.

See, that's why I posted this. My paint doesn't peel. I don't need to sand ANYTHING. And, it doesn't melt foam.

 

[Piotrsko]

Would that be the acrylic paint stuff from the craft stores? Shure looks like my T shirt paint.

 

[SSgt Duramax]

I've experimented with the thinned acrylic from a HVLP sprayer and a compressor (what is the sense in cluttering my area with more equipment when I have it already).

I've never had problems with the spray paint cans as long as I am careful, and if you minwax/wood glue before hand you can't really mess it up anyways. I must share the sentiment that I dislike painting the brown FT stuff. I am sure it is good for what it is, but I have no need for it, and it overly complicates things, and it doesn't really do anything more than what dollar a sheet DTFB and minwax already does. But the worst I do with moisture is fly in light rain.

I've pretty much gotten to where I slap on acrylic with a brush and just roll with it and it looks good enough from 10 feet. Although I may just start going the "rasterize" route since I am printing the plans anyways.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Would that be the acrylic paint stuff from the craft stores? Shure looks like my T shirt paint.

I buy it on Ebay......It's got lots of military colors.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

The only down side is that occasionally it will clog, and I just unscrew the silver front & blow into it like a dart gun & reattach. Good as new.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

My Pfalz E.I is my first plane. It's easily months old. As you can see, there is no peeling of paint.

 

[Piotrsko]

Yup that stuff will stick to glass and polished stainless. Good stuff for water solvent paint