Started painting Junkheap's legs blue last night. Silly me- I should have used primer- if not because one should use primer, then for the fact that blue on a lighter surface looks more better. I only have a couple coats of blue enamel, but I won't have many problems if I primer it now and then paint it again will I?
It depends on how smooth the initial coat was. If it's bubbly and has noticeable brush marks, you're better off stripping it off and starting over with a fresh coat of primer.
Depending on how good the primer is and how well you do it, you shouldn't need to sand anything down.
Cluster***k. Yeah, I got the blue enamel on o.k. Nice and smooth. So then a couple days later I masked off a portion of that to paint some silver acrylic lacquer over the top of it. Wanna know how bad it was? A total disaster. The silver looked like lizard scales. My masking tape didn't really mask anything; paint just bled through. Possible explanations: well, it IS raining outside and even tho I am in the garage I imagine the moisture will interfere. As for the tape... I masked in the kitchen- where it was warm. The dishwasher was going, and maybe I was too close to it and the steam screwed up the tape. I really don't know how to fix this. Now, I have another Junkheap just in case I had problems... but I'm really hesitant to use it. Since this is a present (gonna be a late one) I might as well use it and sand down the crapped out pieces when the weather gets better. And no- I will NOT post pictures. This is a very discouraging embarrassment.
For tapering off stripes ect i use the tamiya tape, it comes in a great dispenser and works nice with not letting color bleed through. Just place it on and press down good. Hope this helps, GL
Yea, I've been thinking of ditching my blue painter's tape and going with something more conducive to hobby painting.
Ya know, the blue painter's tape has served me well- up till now- not that I'm opposed to trying something better.
