general painting question

[jphillips1970]

Question folks - is there a company that produces the color orange that is " thicker" then your average spray paint?

It seems that when I spray the color orange its always thin and runs even if I dust coat the part - I've used Teasters/auto paint and others but still end up with thin/running results -

Any direction with this problem would be great -

[Junkman]

I just painted two models orange straight from an automotive rattle can without any problems. I have also used platikote tangerine in the past and found it extremely easy to use.

What exactly do you use for paint and by which means do you apply it? Which basecoat/preparation do you use?

[jphillips1970]

Most of the time I use Testors spray paint and have used several different auto paints - I use flat white as a base even if the plastic is white - seems to help a bit - Do you think I should buy bottle paint then mix and use my air brush ? Any ideas would help -

Joe

[LoneWolf15]

Joe,

Testors Competition Orange or Boyd's Sunburst are excellent out of the bottle. I use a 2 :1 ratio for my mix . Two parts paint to one part cheap laquer thinner, using mist coats.Paint drys quick , tight , with no loss of detail. Airbrush is the only way to fly if you are looking for a consistent , well done paint job .

[MikeMc]

Donn knows enamels and I defer to him. I shoot lacquers which have more bite than enamels. Donn thins with lacquer thinner...

(Harry says now its lacquer ) and it bites well. If you are spraying enamels out of the can, you need to rough up the surface with some 600 grit paper so it will allow the enamel to stick better and then mist coats till your happy.....I like HOK Tangelo Pearl it really POPS!!!

[beefheart22]

Orange is one of those wonderful, almost transparent colors. Make sure your primer/surface is perfect and evenly white and just mist it on one coat at a time until you're happy with the coverage. Light and bright colors are thin in general so they run really easy. Mist coats over perfectly white primer coats are key with those types of colors in my experience.

[PatRedmond]

I like HOK Tangelo Pearl it really POPS!!!

Beautiful color