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onnylam
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 Jul 18 2013, 06:16 PM
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hope you guys can help me out: currently building the MG Sinanju -dont wanna use those stickers for the emblem, sleeves etc -so decided to coat the parts with gold lacquer paint 1st followed by black enamel paint -use enamel thinner and slowly rub off those parts that needed to be gold problem is, when i try to rub the enamel paint off, the gold lacquer paint ALSO came off....  so, where is my error? wrong thinner, shld use another type? too rough when rubbing? insufficient layer of lacquer paint (i coated 2 layers)? please help, thanks  |
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onnylam
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Jul 18 2013, 06:28 PM
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QUOTE(Kage X @ Jul 18 2013, 06:19 PM) Some people put a layer of gloss topcoat after the gold but before the enamel black. OK, that's a great idea, but just to confirm that the thinner will have no effect at all to top coats? and another thing; I already painted all of those parts using the method i just mentioned. does that mean I have to clean all of them up and redo? i actually tried this on a dummy first b4 fully implementing, and it seems OK at first, never thought that this could happen  |
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onnylam
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Jul 18 2013, 07:30 PM
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i used those cotton buds and just dipped the tip of it with thinner and gently wiped across those i areas that i want.
now that you'd mentioned enamel thinner are strong, then i think i shouldn't be 'rubbing' them right? thanks....
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onnylam
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Jul 19 2013, 07:32 PM
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QUOTE(Neofushion @ Jul 19 2013, 05:36 PM) If you are using enamel thinner, chances are that it will slowly "eat through" the laquer gloss layer. Its recommended to re-coat the area again after a few tries with enamel thinner. Also, spraying a gloss coat might dull your gold paint if its metallic base. i'm using metallic gold fyi. an d i don't quite understand 'recoating with enamel thinner'. please explain more, thanks. |
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onnylam
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Jul 19 2013, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE(General_Nic @ Jul 19 2013, 07:49 PM) how bout using Zippo lighter fluid instead? it's weaker than enamel thinner but can remove enamel paints eh, i never thought about that  might as well give it a try, at least better than redoing all of them...thanks bro |
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onnylam
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Jul 20 2013, 02:24 PM
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i tried using not only Zippo Fluid, but also WD40. The latter seems to have less effect on the lacquer layer, but will still dissolve it.
you mentioned that using the Zippo Fluid or thinner over and over again, but with gloss coat in between, i presume it will makes it harder to reach the lacquer layer right?
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onnylam
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Jul 27 2013, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE(ayonan @ Jul 27 2013, 03:50 AM) If I want to paint my already assembled Gundam, should I take everything apart, or just take minor part out, put masking tape on area I don't want to paint, and spray it? QUOTE(ayonan @ Jul 27 2013, 11:15 AM)  I have an old gundam which is HG 1/100 scale. Want to paint everything. So, do I need to disassamble everything before paint it? So, which is which? you wanna paint everything, or you wanna paint some of them? anyway, my suggestion; remove everything to paint them individually. HG 1/100 shouldn't have too many parts so shouldn't be a problem right? cheers.... |
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onnylam
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Jul 28 2013, 09:02 AM
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QUOTE(ayonan @ Jul 28 2013, 12:07 AM) LOL, sorry2. What I mean some is that rubber thinggy that connect the joint. (Don't know what do we call it, but that runners that marked as PCC) But since you guys already said that, then I will take apart everything. Thank you. actually, i also have one HG 1/100 that I wanna recon myself. Too sayang to just let it sleep in box, because it is after all, my first Gundam, the Wing Zero Custom  |
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onnylam
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Jul 29 2013, 11:42 AM
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QUOTE(ayonan @ Jul 28 2013, 06:36 PM) Finish painted all white part. It feels brand new.  show us your recon result after it's done. mine, still queuing, a few projects in coming, and also, just encountered this one; a 'broken' air compressor now have to korek my dompet even deeper for a new compressor.... |
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onnylam
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Jul 30 2013, 11:44 PM
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QUOTE(verdangilte @ Jul 30 2013, 11:16 PM) nub mark and white dot...gap now i already settle by drill the hole larger.. drill???  hole larger??? |
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