TS on polycarbonate body?

[OnTheTrail]

Can't believe I did this but I grabbed a can of flat clear to lightly spray on the tape line of a polycarbonate body.   The technique works well (clear fills the paint gaps where you may have had bleed through).   It turns out the can of paint I grabbed was TS.    It's a thin coat but what are my chances of the final coat of paint sticking well?

[whahooo]

The Final Coat doesn?t matter, it is the first Coat that must be a Poly Carbonat Spray Paint.

 

The TS Paint maybe won`t stickt to the Body, but the next coats will stick to the first coat, so they probabla will flake of on that Spot.

I saw people that spay Polaycarbonat Spray as first Coat and back that off with TS Paint. I´m not shure, but it seems that this work fairly well. Iwouldn`t recomend it.

[alvinlwh]

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[GeeWings]

From recent, painful, experience I can say that the TS paint I accidentally used on my GF01 cracked in lots of places and flaked off a bit the first time the car was driven. 

[Willy iine]

When I tested TS on a scrap piece of polycarbonate, the paint was able to take quite a bit of bending before it gave out.. so you might be okay especially if driven gently or without crashing.  

[SuperChamp82]

PS backing TS doesn’t work in isolation - the TS still cracks underneath + the PS just holds the crazy paving in place … making clean up even worse 🙄

PS clear before and after TS can work depending on the shell but as @alvinlwh says it’s still a bit of a punt 

It’s been fine for me on largely rounded shells that evenly disperse body pressure in use - Touring cars etc - but still line cracked with more angular designs - old VW Golf or Renault 5 Turbo etc 

If you can’t find the exact Tamiya PS colour you want there are other (arguably better) non-Tamiya paints in pretty much any shade provided you’re happy air brushing vs rattle can ?  

[alvinlwh]

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