I have some duplicolor automotive paint lying around and wondered if it would be good to airbrush with. It is lacquer based. Do any of you guys have any expierence with that sort of paint?
It gets air brushed onto cars and at custom detailing shops by small air brushes. It should work with the proper thinner and the right thinning ratio. Might to experiment to find it tho. Unless one of those detail shops that does fine detail paint work could tell you. It should work.
shane
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I agree with Shane -- test and experiment first. That's a good idea for paints, weathering techniques and methods and other ideas. I have a supply of "no longer layout worthy" rolling stock and shells -- sometimes purchased cheaply in bulk at swap meets -- for just that purpose. In the old days automotive paints and plastics did not play well together but there are so many plastic parts on today's autos that you'd like to think it is safe. But it still pays to test.
Dave Nelson
I forgot about the comparability. Plastics in cars are mostly vinyl based. PVC family. The plastics in building and trains is styrene based. That paint might not play well with styrenes. Test pieces is a good idea before even worrying about thinning
Wasn't Floquil lacquer based?
Jet black sounds really black. Not the easiest to photograph if that is in your future.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BigDaddyWasn't Floquil lacquer based?
Floquil Barrier was recommended for shooting plastics.
https://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/131036.aspx
Good Luck, Ed
I do not remember Barrier, but there is a lot these days I no longer remember.