Tamiya Polycarbonate Metallic Paint - Backing colors

[Frankentruck]

I think everything sprayed on the underside of a lexan body will end up a gloss finish because of the shiny polycarbonate body. I don't think the paint can do anything about that, if painted on the underside.

[GreenBar0n]

I think everything sprayed on the underside of a lexan body will end up a gloss finish because of the shiny polycarbonate body. I don't think the paint can do anything about that, if painted on the underside.

The Tamiya PS-3 Light Blue, being matte, is not the Metallic flake I thought it was, I had just assumed it was Light Blue Metallic and would be like the PS-16 Metallic Blue.

I skipped around in this video, but this is Tamiya TS, not PS.


Spas Stix has something in Metallic Blue, but hard to tell what it would turn out like.

[Frankentruck]

Gotcha, you're talking metallic vs non-metallic. It would be interesting to know how backing a non-metallic color with a metallic silver turns out.

[GreenBar0n]

Gotcha, you're talking metallic vs non-metallic. It would be interesting to know how backing a non-metallic color with a metallic silver turns out.

I am tempted to try the light blue, can't tell how translucent it is though. Another interesting backing color might be the Tamiya PS-63 Bright Gun Metal
https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-America-Polycarbonate-Bright-TAM86063/dp/B01M5JDUKY



Seems to have that stingray silver effect, lurking below a light blue might be as close as I can get with Tamiya spray.

[GreenBar0n]

On the way here to try, is the PS-3 light blue for the base coat.


PS-63 Bright Gun Metal


Alclad



-and another PS-41 Bright Silver. Might be a while before I get all those.

[Coelacanth]

Gotcha, you're talking metallic vs non-metallic. It would be interesting to know how backing a non-metallic color with a metallic silver turns out.

Non-metallics will likely let almost no metallic backing coat show through. They're more solid colors. Metallics have particles that have to orient a certain way and they can't do that if there's already a layer of solid color. For the same reason, FasKolor recommends spraying their FasGlitter metallic powder mixed with their FasKoat base coat, which dries clear...BEFORE you back it with either a metallic or solid backing color. Even if you mix the FasGlitter metallic powder with a metallic paint, it won't show through very well.

[GreenBar0n]

Gotcha, you're talking metallic vs non-metallic. It would be interesting to know how backing a non-metallic color with a metallic silver turns out.

Non-metallics will likely let almost no metallic backing coat show through. They're more solid colors. Metallics have particles that have to orient a certain way and they can't do that if there's already a layer of solid color. For the same reason, FasKolor recommends spraying their FasGlitter metallic powder mixed with their FasKoat base coat, which dries clear...BEFORE you back it with either a metallic or solid backing color. Even if you mix the FasGlitter metallic powder with a metallic paint, it won't show through very well.

Thanks for this, I'll do some tests when it gets here, and experiment with the base coat.

[GreenBar0n]

Tried the Tamiya PS-3 Light Blue as a base coat, it's not translucent, no backing color would matter.


I lightly painted this entire strip in PS-16 Metallic Blue, which is the same color I previously used on my HPI '67 vette body, that looked purple at times, or too dark of a blue after I applied it so heavily on the base coat.

But with the light base coat of PS-16 Metallic Blue, backed with PS-63 Bright Gunmetal, that looks pretty close to Marina Blue.



The next attempt will be a very light base coat of PS-16 Metallic Blue, backed with PS-63 Bright Gun Metal.


Need to order another PS-16.