TS camel yellow paint over TS metallic purple paint..?

[AndyjcClod]

Hi Guys

Does anyone have experience in painting a hard body RC over its original colour?

I have a Clod Buster which is metallic purple and I want to spray it with Tamiya TS Camel yellow?

Does any one know if this will work?

[tamiya monkey]

Why not just prime it first, i use any plastic primer.

[caddyshack @ the chop shop]

Hi andy

you can just use warm soapy water with 1200 or 400 grade wet & dry paper to take the shine off before painting or either prime 1st & re-flat after before top coat goes on,

or use the camel yellow with light dust coats @ 1st to base before you hit it with a few wet coat of paint, if not painting in warm conditions get a big cardboard box & make a paint booth warm paint for moe in warm water dry can after lol & allways handy to borrow the mrs hair dryer lol incase you get it to wet & dont want paint running , i usally warm bodys 1st just helps paint cure little quicker, just dont hold dryer to close just move in motions over painted body. just how i do them in winter,

as its an abs body you can get good results using automotive rattle cans from halfords etc most good car shops will mix your paint to your spec etc,

good luck painting the clod,

you could allways strip the old paint off with brake fliud , or if have a good read of other posts theres a few diffrent products on the market for stripping rc abs shells, please dont use nitromorse it will melt the shell, ive had good results with rc nitro fuel but high % nitro fuel like 20% +

regards

chop shop

[WillyChang]

never a good idea to paint a lighter colour over a dark basecoat, seal it off with a lightcolour primer or just opaque white paint

[mr crispy]

Unless you actually want a dirty yellow effect I would suggest you do as mentioned above, rub it down with some fine grit paper and use a white primer first. When fully dried give it a few coats of clear laquer for protection, it'll also help any decals to stick.