Pactra RC Colors for lexan

[jmathews]

I picked up a bottle of Pactra RC51 Sprint White to experiment with.. today was the day.

I thinned it with a high quality lacquer thinner, shot some on some scraps. Some were primed long ago with various non-solvent paints, and some with MM enamel and Gunze solvent-basaed.

Coverage was great, very smooth.. no problems.

But my airbrush was a mess.. the sides of the cup were covered with a beautiful coat of white, and when I started cleaning it with lacquer thinner on a cloth, I got a bunch of mush down in the bottom of the cup that was a pain to clear out.

I don't think this paint is something to use on a styrene model.. I was just curious about what it was like. Loved the coverage, hated the cleanup.

Aside from playing with it, did I do something wrong?

Thanks!

Edited March 5, 2009 by jmathewstn

[Cop]

Its the only paint i use now for white intakes and wheelbays, etc.

Like you say lovely coverage but clean up is a pain. To make spraying and cleaning easier though use the dedicated RC thinners, it works a treat.

I spray it direct onto styrene with no ill effects.

Nige.

[jmathews]

Thanks for the info!!

I'll pick up some Pactra RC thinner and give it a shot (sorry).

I've been checking the bits I sprayed yesterday and am more impressed. One of the things was an old resin pit that I've had for years and years and on one part of it with a lot of switches and buttons that had never been painted before I notice now that the sides and tops of all the raised items are just as well coated as the flat parts, which usually doesn't happen for me with white, especially unprimed.

The coverage was SO good for white that with ANY improvement on cleanup with the RC thinner, I may keep using it and just put up with a harder cleanup. OK, maybe even if it's still just as bad.

Before I shot Sprint White the first time, my google searches went to some threads in some car/RC forums and somebody was talking about wet and dry thinners.. it made my head hurt and I decided I wouldn't understand it anyway. All of my thinners are wet..

Again, thanks!