Brush-on Lexan Paint

[Wandy]

As title suggests, I need some paint for polycarbonate/lexan that is brushed on, like the old Tamiya PC stuff that was senselessly discontinued. Specifically I need a direct substitute for PC-5 Black. Any suggestions?

[TA-Mark]

There's Pactra paints by Testors. They have a solid black called 'outlaw black'. And there's FasKolor polycarbonate paints. These can be either airbrushed or brushed on.

[Percymon]

Faskolor work well through and airbrush, but seem to dewet on application with a brush for some reason - the end result is ok after several coats but perhaps one drop of detergent in the paint would help with the dewetting.

[Psylence]

As title suggests, I need some paint for polycarbonate/lexan that is brushed on, like the old Tamiya PC stuff that was senselessly discontinued. Specifically I need a direct substitute for PC-5 Black. Any suggestions?

You know, I was wondering about that stuff. I swore they made polycarb paints that were in the same kind of round jars as their acrylics but then could not find them anywhere online! Whatever happened to the Tamiya paint markers too while we're at it...

[Wandy]

Ta. Just the info I needed.

Out of interest, does anyone actually know why the PC stuff was discontinued?

[bromvw]

Ta. Just the info I needed.

Out of interest, does anyone actually know why the PC stuff was discontinued?

As far as I recall the PC stuff was removed from sale by Tamiya due to its formulation not meeting EU / USA standards . Apparently it contained too high Lead levels .

[Wandy]

As far as I recall the PC stuff was removed from sale by Tamiya due to its formulation not meeting EU / USA standards . Apparently it contained too high Lead levels .

Even though it had been in production for about 20 years? Talk about closing the stable door after the horse had bolted.

[bromvw]

Even though it had been in production for about 20 years? Talk about closing the stable door after the horse had bolted.

Exactly - but it seems that the EU moved the goal posts . I think the other issue was labelling . The Tamiya paint did not comply with international labelling standards by not showing the % lead content . What I find odd is that they didn't re formulate the product and re market it with the correct compliant labels .

[mongoose1983]

Find the good ol' Phil's Hobby Shop and get some Parma's Faskolor. They're awesome and, best of all, cheap.