I was working on a project the other day, it was cold and wet outside.
I was going for a gloss white paint job. I used "spray place" spray bombs from wall mart.
I love this paint! less than a buck a can and I have't run into the problems I did using krylon on styrene.
Anyway, I needed to get the white primer dry so I could shoot the gloss. I set my oven on "warm"
when it hit the temp I shut it off and set the model on a towel inside a baking pan. let it sit for a few mins (you gotta really keep an eye on the model!)
When it was dry enough for the gloss ( I could'nt smell thinner anymore) I heated up the gloss white can, and shot the model. the gloss was having trouble flowing out, (it look "ok" but not hellashiny. I put the model back into the "warm" power off oven and in 20 mins the paint had glossed over and looked MAHVELOUS.
Oh yeah, it was dry enough to carefully handle and set aside for the installation of the clear parts later that evening.
It's not something for the timid or the careless, you have to make sure the oven is warm but not hot.
You also need to place the model so the transmitted heat will not melt the plastic (a wire inside the body,or the surface you set it on).
Give it a shot, this has given me some of the glossiest finishes out of a can I have ever gotten.
I was going for a gloss white paint job. I used "spray place" spray bombs from wall mart.
I love this paint! less than a buck a can and I have't run into the problems I did using krylon on styrene.
Anyway, I needed to get the white primer dry so I could shoot the gloss. I set my oven on "warm"
when it hit the temp I shut it off and set the model on a towel inside a baking pan. let it sit for a few mins (you gotta really keep an eye on the model!)
When it was dry enough for the gloss ( I could'nt smell thinner anymore) I heated up the gloss white can, and shot the model. the gloss was having trouble flowing out, (it look "ok" but not hellashiny. I put the model back into the "warm" power off oven and in 20 mins the paint had glossed over and looked MAHVELOUS.
Oh yeah, it was dry enough to carefully handle and set aside for the installation of the clear parts later that evening.
It's not something for the timid or the careless, you have to make sure the oven is warm but not hot.
You also need to place the model so the transmitted heat will not melt the plastic (a wire inside the body,or the surface you set it on).
Give it a shot, this has given me some of the glossiest finishes out of a can I have ever gotten.
