freakshow12 Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 I painted my mach in Tamiya brilliant orange and after a day and a half I am not super happy with it. I am afraid if I hit it again it will react. What is the recoat window on this stuff?
Ramfins59 Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 It should say something on the spray can label about recoating times.
jbwelda Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 paint it...its not gonna hurt it. I have done it anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 days after original coat and no worries. its Tamiya man...that's what ya pay the big bucks for! jb
freakshow12 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Posted April 1, 2014 Thanks. I read the can and nothing on there about that stuff. I guess I will try it. Wish me luck
ZTony8 Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 The only concern with a recoat window when using Tamiya paint has been when their TS-13 clear was used over the color coat-it tended to crack if applied at the wrong time due to different cure rates from the color coats.Since TS-13 isn't available in the U.S.A. anymore this has ceased to be a concern unless someone has some left over cans of it. From personal experience with Tamiya paint I'll add that if another color coat is added a bit too soon it tends to kill the gloss a little bit.But that's fixable with polishing.
freakshow12 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Posted April 1, 2014 Thanks. I will try on some of the small parts tonight before I hit the body
jbwelda Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 I have never had the Tamiya clear crack up over any other paint, but I generally let my bodies dry out for a good while, like at least a week, and that's in relatively dry California, before I clear coat them. and even then I generally color sand at least the big flat areas and I think that might help too. so I suppose if you don't let the color gas out before applying your clear you might have a problem. TS13 is no longer available in the USA? wow, that's kinda painful. I wonder if its "forever" or just being "reformulated" like the primer was? jb
freakshow12 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 I took the plunge and applied 2 more coats. Went on fine. Much happier with the result. Have not used this paint much so didn't realize it settles down a lot as it dries. Look foreword to showing the result in my twister special wip
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