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how do I paint polypropylene plastic
TimberWolf
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Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 05:53 AM UTC
I was just wondering how do you paint it? when I painted it the paint just fell off when ever you touch it!
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 05:14 AM UTC
If you're going to be handling soft plastic, no paint is going to be too good. I've heard if you let the figures sit in the sun a while, they'll accept paint better. I've had limited success with Polly-S acrylics and Model Master in 1/76. A friend is workinig well with Model Master in 1/76 as well, but these are small areaas to paint and he immediately is putting the figures into a diorama.
TimberWolf
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Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 05:27 AM UTC
ok ill just leave it white....its a R/C glider. Its looks good white any way
shiryon
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Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 05:36 AM UTC
You might want to try priming .

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HellaYella
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 01:28 PM UTC
Tamiya uses what kind of plastic..Can I just brush on the colors without priming...?
Grasshopp12
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 01:53 PM UTC
If you are going to paint the model with Tamiya paints, I would advise using an airbrush. Tamiya's paints are quite difficult to paint on with a brush.
scoccia
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2003 - 07:26 PM UTC
Wash the parts very well then prime them with an uotomotive primer or Tamiya primer. It improves quit e a lot the adhesion of the other paint layers...
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