Testors Clear Blue

[pcm1977]

I went to my local hobby shop a couple weeks back looking to try and match a paint color.  A couple of years ago I painted a semi truck a blue color.  For Christmas I got a trailer for the truck and wanted to paint it the same color.  I took the truck with me and never really matched the paint color, but bought a can of Testors clear blue anyway.  So when i got home I gave the blue a shot on the back of a plastic spoon.  Laid down 2 coats of black primer and then two coats of the blue.  I compared it to the color of my truck and determined that it is way too purple.

No big deal, I set the can aside and moved on with my life.  This past week I was looking at that spoon and thought that would be an awesome color for the '71 corvette I had sitting on my shelf waiting to be assembled.  I followed the same paint method as I did the spoon (2 coats black, 2 coats clear blue) with a light sanding between each.

My first shot of the blue on the hood produced this awful finish.  I figured the tip was clogged so I cleaned it up and tried again, same thing.  So after two coats with sanding in between the finish looks like the picture below.  Both the hood and spoon are smooth to the touch, but the hood looks like S*&$#.

Did I do something wrong?  This is only the second time I have used Testors paints and i remember not really liking the first time I used them.  I could understand maybe this is just how this paint is, but the spoon came out so wonderful. 

[AC Norton]

Peter, I hate to say this, but Testors clears are  inconsistent at best, and if you use clear blue, red, orange, etc,,,,use Tamiya sprays. looks like the paint combo had a reaction to the plastic on your hood compared to the spoon,,,,or, if the hood was not washed and cleaned and prepped  just so, it may have caused this...just a thought...the Ace....

[pcm1977]

Thanks Ace,

Now that you mention it, I did clean the hood and the rest of the car just how I always do, with dish soap and hot water.  Then I let it dry for a day or two.  However I did NOT clean the spoon, just pulled it out of the box and painted it.  What gets me is that the black primer went down really well on both with no issues.

[Miatatom]

If all my models were spoons, I'd be happy with my paint work.

[Snake45]

If all my models were spoons, I'd be happy with my paint work.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I've come to the conclusion that the plastic in spoons is NOT the same as the styrene in models. I think the spoon stuff might be tougher.

[my80malibu]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I've come to the conclusion that the plastic in spoons is NOT the same as the styrene in models. I think the spoon stuff might be tougher.

Yeah there are some Mouths. That quite frankly. I am amazed that Some people even kiss their momma with. So a spoon has got to be tough.