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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / September 2003painting solartex
How easy is it to paint onto solartex, will the paint flake off or crack. I am considering using carbody paint. > How easy is it to paint onto solartex, will the paint flake off or > crack. > > I am considering using carbody paint. Use Solarlac, it's intended for exactly this purpose and is fuel-proof too. If you use car paints you're likely to find that the paint is not fuel-proof by itself and fuel-proofer doesn't adhere to it very well and starts peeling off after a little while. (Don't ask me how I know that!)  SignatureJohn P. - who flies on Epsom Downs, UK. http://www.flyrc.org.uk/ I'm sick of spam, so replace 'nojunkthanks' with 'john' if you want me to read any e-mailed reply! > > How easy is it to paint onto solartex, will the paint flake off or > > crack. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > by itself and fuel-proofer doesn't adhere to it very well and starts peeling > off after a little while. (Don't ask me how I know that!) But would the original poster's idea work in terms of paint adhesion if you didn't want to use glow fuel? My winter project will be the 1/4 Sig Cub I have in my loft, for which I have several rolls of natural Solartex. I plan to use a petrol engine, hence my interest. Car paints have the advantage of being easily available anywhere (unlike Solarlac if you live in the middle of nowhere) and are packaged ready to spray, unlike fiddly little jars of Solarlac. SignatureDave S, Kuusankoski, Finland. My return address requires modification before use. Thanks Its on a sloper so fuel isnt an issue. Durability is. Brett Signature------ Brett Sirrell Juggler Magician Entertainer <Just for Fun go to www.Jugglermagician.co.uk> Tel: 0800 0749 384 Mob. 07976 661084 ------ > > > > How easy is it to paint onto solartex, will the paint flake off or [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > of nowhere) and are packaged ready to spray, unlike fiddly little jars of > Solarlac. Use any automotive quality acylic and you will be fine whether you use gas or glow. SignaturePaul McIntosh Desert Sky Model Aviation http://fly.mcintoshcentral.com > Thanks > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > of nowhere) and are packaged ready to spray, unlike fiddly little jars of > > Solarlac. Do you spray the paint straight onto the solartex or use a primer? Also, how does the acrylic stand up to the flexing of the covering? Does it crack/craze/ chip off, etc? Are you talking about 2 part paint here or the simple 'spray can' acrylics sold in the car accessory shops (which is what I would use)? SignatureDave S, Kuusankoski, Finland. My return address requires modification before use. > Use any automotive quality acylic and you will be fine whether you use gas > or glow. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > of > > > Solarlac. > Use any automotive quality acylic and you will be fine whether you > use gas or glow. The acrylic car paint that I used didn't stand up too well to glow fuel once the fuel proofer I'd sprayed on top of it had started to peel off. Possibly my fault though for using cheap paint from Halfords? SignatureJohn P. - who flies on Epsom Downs, UK. http://www.flyrc.org.uk/ I'm sick of spam, so replace 'nojunkthanks' with 'john' if you want me to read any e-mailed reply! Automotive acylics (not spraycans) are very fuel proof. Many of the warbird racers use Sherwyn Williams stuff. I used their Ultra 7000 and it resisted 50% nitro quite well. Unfortunately, that brand is probably not available in the UK. I am sure that there are local equivalents. SignaturePaul McIntosh Desert Sky Model Aviation http://fly.mcintoshcentral.com > > Use any automotive quality acylic and you will be fine whether you > > use gas or glow. > > The acrylic car paint that I used didn't stand up too well to glow fuel once > the fuel proofer I'd sprayed on top of it had started to peel off. Possibly > my fault though for using cheap paint from Halfords? > I am considering using carbody paint. I've successfully used car paint then proofed using Tufcote. But you must allow it to cure. Both paint and proofer. Hi, I've tried it several times and never with great result. The paint doen tend to crack and chip off after a while if used on the parts of solartex that are unsupported. The canvas textured solartex provide better adherence. good luck, Karel You can buy additives for most non-spraycan paints that make the paint flexible. This is what's done on car bumpers. SignaturePaul McIntosh Desert Sky Model Aviation http://fly.mcintoshcentral.com > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > good luck, > Karel |
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