Tole Paints

[airhorn]

Has anyone ever used Tole paints for painting a build? They are acrylic and can be thinned with water but in reading on them they shouldn't be thinned with more than 30% water and I'm guessing that it could be shot through an airbrush.

Also the article on acrylic paint (in Wikipedia) said the paints would be hard to remove if a job was messed up. There are so many different colors in Tole paints that it would be great if they could be used.

I have also used, one time, the water based paints that can be had at an auto paint store with pretty good luck. They require a clear coat but so do a lot of Tamiya etc. paints and I'm sure the Tole paints would too, but that's not a big deal.

The article didn't say if Tole paint was compatible with plastic but I would think that would be.

Color me curious.

Take care, Win

[Cornpatch]

Hey Win::

[Cornpatch]

Hey Win::

Sorry about the other post but that trouble maker thats pictured stuck her nose up and hit the wrong

buttons

Now before I was so rudely nusseled. I see you made the drive over here from the other forem. Got

to say there both darn good forems with great people on both of them.

Can't say I have ever heard of those Tole Paints much less ever tried them. Where do you get them??

Maybe there just a west coast item. If they work in our hobby and as you say a great selection of colors, going to have

to figure some way to get them to the cornpatch.

Right now all I use for airbrushing is Createx ready mixed airbrush paints. Really for the same reason,

that they have a real good selection of colors. Top of that, I am real lazy when it comes to painting, I don't want to mix and

or thin or any of that junk. Put it in the gun and shoot. Heck I even bought plastic bottle tops that go on the Createx paints

and snap into the bottom of the gun, just so I didn't have to pour the paint into other bottles. I can't spell lazy but I sure am

the poster child for it.

If you might would be interested in looking at all the Createx colors try this web-site

WWW.TCPGLOBAL.COM

click on airbrush paints at the top of site, you will find a whole lot of paints from different

companies. Plus thruout tis site you will find many many other things as they are a big

company.

Anyway glad to see you made it over to this site, and we will probley talk to you again, as a guy once

told me " us old guys have to stick together " Oh yea I think that was you

Later

Jeff

[airhorn]

Hi Jeff,

Yep, 'tis me, still hangin' around trying to get through the winter.

The Tole paints that I'm familiar with are the ones that people (such as my wife) use in Tole painting on wood. Tole isn't a brand of paint but a craft, called Tole painting, that uses acrylic paint and the paint can be bought at any craft store (JoAnn and Michael's for two) that deals in them. DecoArt and Americana are probably the two most popular brands.

I'm going to go into the site that you sent me and check it out 'cause I get tired of mixing and thinning etc too.

Take care,

Win

[Cornpatch]

Hey Win:

Ok now I understand Tole paints, Thanks for the info. I was thinking brand name. my bad.

Now that I understand, I use the 2 brands you mentioned plus Apple-Barrel and a couple of

others when I paint the wooden cartoon figures I do. Tole paints, dang I never heard them called that before. Always

have just called them acrylics. ###### now I feel like an old dog who just learned a new trick. I got to be carefull or the

dog will have me sittin up and rollin over.

Now that I know what they are, YES I have used them on some models. Not for anything

big like bodys or chassis ect. But on interiors and detail painting they work pretty good. If using on white plastic they will cover decent with a couple 3 coats. Any other plastic color you need to really seal the plastic with Future Floor Care and

than put on a good acrylic primer ( I use Dupli-Color ) grey for dark colors or white for lite colors. If you don't seal the

colored plastic your bleed thru is going to be worse than a 1000 watt kicker on your neighbors CB. Also I have never tried

to airbrush them, to much work to mix them. As fast drying as the are I don't think I want that mess in my airbrush. Water

I don't think would do a proper job of cleaning it. You would have to use something stronger and to me solvents just don't

have a big effect on that paint.

For my wooden hobby I love those paints but for my plastic hobby I will stick with the Model

Masters for brush painting and detail work, and my Createx paints for air brushing.

After you check out that TCPGLOBEL site let me know what you think, you should be able to

find a shade or color you would want to use. I don't know if you have Hobby-Lobbys that far west, but that is where I get a

lot of my paints. There and Ace Hardware.

Jeff

[chevymaniac]

Craft paint or tole paint is a great cheap alternative on plastic. I use it all the time but I find that if I mix 20% acrylic clear varnish (found in the funiture finishing department of your local hardware store) and 10% Tamiya thinner I get better results and the paint in a bit harder for wet sanding. The great thing about that paint is that it dries in a hurry! Now I wish I could use the Pearl they have in my airbrush but it clog it up pretty good even with a #3 tip.

Later

Dan

[airhorn]

Thanks Dan and Jeff, for your input. I think I'll stick to what I've been using...Tamiya, etc and Jeff had suggested Createx so might try that. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Catch ya later,

Win