Testors Lacquer

[purplehornies]

Does anybody know if Testors Lacquer spray paint needs to have a barrier coat between it and the plastic ? Is this stuff HOT enough that is will craze the plastic ?

Thanks in advance!!

Edited December 9, 2008 by purplehornies

[Zoom Zoom]

Don't worry, Testors and Tamiya lacquers are not hot lacquers, they're safe to put over styrene w/o any barrier. Unless the styrene has already had crazing/lacquer damage from previous coats. On fresh plastic it's fine.

[purplehornies]

Don't worry, Testors and Tamiya lacquers are not hot lacquers, they're safe to put over styrene w/o any barrier. Unless the styrene has already had crazing/lacquer damage from previous coats. On fresh plastic it's fine.

Thanks ....!!!!!

[935k3]

Don't worry, Testors and Tamiya lacquers are not hot lacquers, they're safe to put over styrene w/o any barrier. Unless the styrene has already had crazing/lacquer damage from previous coats. On fresh plastic it's fine.

How right you are Bob, I am beginning to think they are some kind of modified enamels. I just found at recently I can mix Krylon paints with Tamiya's TS paints and they airbrush fine. Krylon paints are an Acrylic Enamel.

[Spike]

i always put a coat of primer down no matter what paint i spray down

[greentracker98]

I just resprayed a 64 impala with Testors Fathom Green Metallic (both coats were the lacquer) on to bare spots on the plastic. I had no problems with it whatsoever. I grew up in my dad’s auto body shop, so I know what lacquer smells like; very wicked stuff. This stuff smelled the same; Dad is gone now, but the memories it brought back far outweighed the fumes.

[MR BIGGS]

I had a hand in making and Designing the new Testors paints and they will work fine on any plastic. Even most of the new automotive paint have been toned down, I remember back in the day the automotive paint would melt the plastic if you layed it on to thick.