painting with gloss black

[wayneman]

I have stayed away from painting models black because it gives me so many problems! I am currently working on a Revell old school Charger and thought it would look great in black. I got it sprayed with Testors gloss and then began to sand with progressivelyfiner sand paper until I got a really nice finish. The problem is that it looks milky and discoloured. I really don't know what the deal is with it. Does anyone have any advice? Wayne

[LoneWolf15]

Have you taken it all the way up to 12000 ? If you have , now it's time to polish it out . I polish my cars out with Novus 2 using 100% soft cotton t shirt or batting .

Once you have a bright smooth overall shine , apply The Final Treatment's Detail Wax .

[wayneman]

I have. I thought perhaps the wax gave it the milky appearance, so I went back through the same process again as well as polishing. Then I thought it could be wax residue, so I used some alcohol on the 100 % cotton. Same result. I was wondering if it would lesson when sprayed with Future? At this point I have gone through the paint in a couple of tiny places. I thought I would spray again with less thinner. It was cold in the garage when I sprayed. Do you guys think that the paint has "blushed". I am probably was too picky about my stuff but they're getting better and I'm really getting into it now.

I would have posted my last build (paint and plumbing came out good) but the colors were terrible. In my mind they were gonna be great!

Wayne

[wayneman]

I guess i should have mentioned that I used the MicroMark polishing kit and wax. The paint had only cured out for three days, but it didn't act like that was the issue. The rest of the body now has 5 days of cure time so I may start on it and see how it does. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks. Wayne

[scalenut]

seems like any blushing would buff out . I know black is tuff to perfect tho

[wayneman]

Thanks to you who tried to help. I think the problem was that the paint needed to cure longer. I only had three days on the hood. I just finished the roof and it came out great. I have my fingers crossed now. The body has been drying/cureing for five days.

Wayne

[LoneWolf15]

Wayne ,

Temperature might have played a part in this too . I have been racking my brain about your post so I went back and read through your original post . That is where I saw that you had painted in the garage when it was cold .

This will affect both flashout time and your gloss , both time tables are going to be altered by temperature , it becomes a slower process .

Thus will affect both flashout time and your gloss

[weasel]

sounds like the enamel wasn't completly dry yet...i always 'smell' the bodys to see if they are 'dry'.. if you can smell ANY solvents, it's not dry yet...

Testors enamels, for me, usually take a week or so before no solvent smell...IJS...