Bleached/Sunburned paint

[stitchdup]

How do you guys do it? I'd like to do a bleached paintjob but the only faded colours i can find are in the yellow thru red range. I'd like to do green. Is there a pale grey/white/dust transparent paint that can be used to age the paint?  

[Beans]

The couple times I have done anything like that I just used white primer underneath and sanded the paint until it showed through in places.  Also dry brushed some light grey in areas.

[sidcharles]

find a modeler who has done it and follow his lead. then begin to work in your own nuances. it's a process.

https://www.youtube.com/@NightShiftScaleModels/featured

[johnyrotten]

This example is the extreme side, I basically reproduced what happens in nature. Multiple colors, coats, very light airbrush to simulate a spray bomb job. Very little sanding on this. A stiff brush over almost dry paint for the blending. There's laquer, enamel and craft/water based paint on this thing. Sealed with testors dullcoat. It even feels crispy.

[oldcarfan]

I don't know if it could be reproduced reliably, but I spray painted a couple of model car bodies and accidentally left them under a porch during a rainstorm. They didn't get directly wet, but when I remembered them a hours later the paint had dried with a cloudy sun damaged look to it. I assume the humidity caused the clouding. Maybe you could spray them in a bathroom with the shower running? lol

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, oldcarfan said:

I don't know if it could be reproduced reliably, but I spray painted a couple of model car bodies and accidentally left them under a porch during a rainstorm. They didn't get directly wet, but when I remembered them a hours later the paint had dried with a cloudy sun damaged look to it. I assume the humidity caused the clouding. Maybe you could spray them in a bathroom with the shower running? lol

Interesting idea. Forced lacquer 'blushing'.

Only problem is that it will be minimized with handling, and would most likely go away completely if cleared over with lacquer.

An enamel or water-based clear or a 2K might hold it.

Mo def worth experimenting...

Edited yesterday at 04:06 AM by Ace-Garageguy

[NOBLNG]

This is my only weathered finish. Not really sun bleached.