Don't Cheap Out on Backing Paint!

[pomplemus]

I painted my first RC body in years, and decided to go a bit ambitious and see how it turned out.

Tried a two-tone paint job on the JConcepts Finisher, doing a bunch of masking placement. My first time trying anything like this!

Midway through

Came out pretty good I think! It's not perfect, it has some bleed through, but I'm quite satisfied with my first ever effort doing something like this, it was a good learning experience.

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However, I made a fatal error- I decided to back everything with white to make it pop a bit more, but I didn't have the patience to wait for shipping, so I just bought some Rustoleum 2x at the hardware store to back the lexan paint with.

After reinforcing with shoe goo + drywall tape and a few days of bashing, this is the result:

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I now have two new bodies!

Should be recoverable with a fresh coat of (the proper) paint on the inside, and some new reinforcement.

Lesson learned!

 

[gotnitro]

Looks great. Perfect lids made me use the old lid due to possible future pistivity. About 10 years ago I sold a bunch of painted lids that to me, were perfect. Why? I couldn’t be the one to scuff them up.

Green tape from HD works great for perfect lines if you want that in the future, no bleeds.

 

[Hammer Down]

Nice job! I really like the finisher bodies, they hold up pretty well too.

 

[Smilinbri]

Nice!! Great job!

 

[sumguy75]

Looks terrific!

 

[Johnny b]

Looks good!

 

[Dan B.]

Ouch! Original paint looked fantastic, too. Yeah, Krylon doesn’t flex, it just cracks and takes the PC paint with it.

 

[Moonstonemike]

Well today I learned how to make a back up drywall tape body!!! Thank you.

 

[Moonstonemike]

Body looks great,
You should prime and paint the "drywall tape" body.

 

[Greengaunja]

I forget who it was, but another member here clued me on into a great way to prevent bleed throughs.
Flat clear coat. After you tape or apply masking, give it a light spray of clear coat. This seals the lines 100%, leaving nice crisp lines once the tape/mask is pulled back.