PE one more time

[my 70 chevelle ss]

Sorry for this post as I know u are getting sick of me. Well the time has come (And I'm going blind) to paint the Photo etched parts. The only colors I need are black red & white. What I would like to ask is CAN I USE WATER BASE ACRILIC PAINT? & for the black THE DETAILER? I guess it's ready to use washes I use it for grills!. The only reason I ask about these products is it seems to me if I get it on the CHEVROLET on the PE part or the rim around it, it would be easy to just scrape off. I also have artist pens that you use for cartoon drawing they are very fine tip but not sure they would work I would love if the would. Anyway can anyone tell me if any of these would workI don't think I'm going to polish them as I tried with the first set & they went flying,

Thank you

Will,

[Guest]

You can use any type of paint, but the Detailer is a wash, not a black paint.

[my 70 chevelle ss]

You can use any type of paint, but the Detailer is a wash, not a black paint.

Thank you for getting back to me so soon.

I'm going to try to get to the hobby store today so if I can use those water based paints I would feel more comfertable I just needed to know if they would work on the PE parts.

Thank you!

[cruz]

It's always good to use a self-etching primer on your P/E parts before painting, this way, the paint will stick better if deciding on water based or any other type of paint. Make sure to scuff your P/E parts before priming them, this will give the part a bit of tooth for the primer to work best, use something like a 3200 grit sanding cloth or something similar.

I did this grill for a '57 Chevy several years ago. I painted mine with Testor's gold enamel.

[Ddms]

Tamiya primer sticks well to PE. You can use any kind of paint over it.

PE will polish up beautifully with silver polish or Tamiya Fine compound. To hold a piece - or a set - for polishing, I set it on carpet tape.

The risk of polishing is that if you put a kink in it, it's really hard to make it flat again. To avoid bending it, sometimes I use my finger as a polishing cloth.

Edited April 1, 2010 by Ddms

[radman]

You can use any type of paint, but the Detailer is a wash, not a black paint.

Where is the Detailer available? I have checked several possible sources, but can't find it.

[Wayne Buck]

Where is the Detailer available? I have checked several possible sources, but can't find it.

http://stores.scaledreams.com/Categories.bok

[The Detailer]

http://stores.scaledreams.com/Categories.bok

You can find The Detailer at TheDetailer.net. The website is back up now. Let me know if I can help.

Lynn

[Darin Bastedo]

I used black and coloered sharpies on mine.