kpnuts Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Hi all for those of you who use these colours DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT Here is my Traction Avant after very little time in the sun, it went from this. To this And it's not confined to candy orange this is how the red looks after the same period in the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Wow! That is pretty drastic. Faded from warm gold tone (orange) to chrome silver. And same with the taillight lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I believe that the Alclad paints as well as the Spaz-Stix paints were meant to be used on the INSIDE of Lexan slot car and R/C bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Apparently it happens on candy colours on full size cars as well I've been informed someone had a candy paint scheme on their car and after a few months it faded on one side which was the side in the sun in the car port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummber1 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Thank you for the heads up. I just bought some of the candy colors from Alclad ,specifically the violet,yellow and orange. They seemed like a good choice for doing a lowrider candy paint job. Any info bad or good will be useful when I attempt the project. Do you think a different basecoat or top coat would help protect it from the UV light? Which is the reason for the faded paints. Or what ever is causing it to happen. Thanks again and sorry to hear about your paint job fade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 . Do you think a different...top coat would help protect it from the UV light? Which is the reason for the faded paints. Most clears manufactured for REAL cars have UV-inhibitors built in, for just this reason. Model paints may or may not, and probably not.I can NOT state for certain, but I'd suspect the Duplicolor rattlecan clears, available at many real car parts stores, have UV inhibitors.Unfortunately, even a UV-inhibited clear will not stop fading entirely if the color pigments are particularly sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Nason makes a UV protecctant 2 part urethane clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Thank you for the heads up. I just bought some of the candy colors from Alclad ,specifically the violet,yellow and orange. They seemed like a good choice for doing a lowrider candy paint job. Any info bad or good will be useful when I attempt the project. Do you think a different basecoat or top coat would help protect it from the UV light? Which is the reason for the faded paints. Or what ever is causing it to happen. Thanks again and sorry to hear about your paint job fade. No, it is the nature of Candy paint, i had Spray Chief Candy Purple over a burgundy pearl base on my car, the sunny side dropped about 6 shades of depth after about a year, and when i took the hood scoop off after a few years, it was a massive difference. It was clear coated with the good stuff too.. Said car in question". Edited July 26, 2017 by DeeCee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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