Spray paint on sealed tissue?

flying chicken · Post by **flying chicken** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:55 am

Can this be done?
I'm a newbie to Guillows and balsa. The covering of the frame is the part that worried me the most.

My model will be static only, so weight is not an issue. I want a solid and flat color, not transparent.

BillParker · Post by **BillParker** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:31 am

spray paint (Rustoleum) over butyrate dope... (SIG)

bp

flying chicken · Post by **flying chicken** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:26 pm

Sweet. I love the snow camo. I plan on doing snow camo on a GWS Spitfire.

Thanks.

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:32 pm

You can also go the poor boy route and use the walmart acrylics over white glue mix which is wayyyyyyy less money and lots less smelly and gives the added incentive of safety around kids and is all water clean-up. Just check out the crafts and hobbies section and you will find about any colors you need. For the price of one small container of butyrate you can have a whole library of acrylic colors. It also works good with an airbrush when thinned to about 60-40. You will end up with one of the nicest satin finishes attainable. It brushes out nicely too. After you have used this so called "green method" and experimented a little you will never go back to the old dopes, unless you are using fuel. It does require 2 or 3 coats to get rid of the translucence, but most finishes do.

TJH · Post by **TJH** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:42 pm

I agree with cliffm; I use this method when I am not using colored tissue and have had success with it. Just be cautious when applying and use several thinned coats not to sag the tissue too bad.

kittyfritters · Post by **kittyfritters** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:50 pm

Take a look at this thread.

http://balsamodels.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... ight=#5321

Covers a lot of experience with paints.