Post by roosclan on Mar 7, 2009 23:18:27 GMT -6
Tried out Fasglitter by Parma PSE. It's a small metal flake that is mainly used for lexan R/C bodies. It's small enough to go through a large nozzle airbrush, so I was able to use it in my Aztek with the 1.02mm nozzle.
My Webelo wanted a red metal flake car that he has dubbed "Red Hot," and this Fasglitter seems to fit the ticket. It is part of the Faskolor line of water-based paints.
Black basecoat with the Fasglitter in some Minwax clear gloss Polycrylic (not their oil-based polyurethane) as the intercoat. The metal flake is meant to be put in their Faskoat Clear, but the Minwax is cheaper by volume, and seems to be OK over various paints. The car will be finished up with a clear topcoat to even things out. I'll see how the Polycrylic does as a final topcoat and how well it shines and takes a buffing on some scrap wood before I let my son put it on as the final clearcoat on his car.
Warning: teaching your son to use an airbrush will get you accused to painting the car yourself. Even my wife says it looks like I painted the car instead of him.
My Webelo wanted a red metal flake car that he has dubbed "Red Hot," and this Fasglitter seems to fit the ticket. It is part of the Faskolor line of water-based paints.
Black basecoat with the Fasglitter in some Minwax clear gloss Polycrylic (not their oil-based polyurethane) as the intercoat. The metal flake is meant to be put in their Faskoat Clear, but the Minwax is cheaper by volume, and seems to be OK over various paints. The car will be finished up with a clear topcoat to even things out. I'll see how the Polycrylic does as a final topcoat and how well it shines and takes a buffing on some scrap wood before I let my son put it on as the final clearcoat on his car.
Warning: teaching your son to use an airbrush will get you accused to painting the car yourself. Even my wife says it looks like I painted the car instead of him.
