DynaSoar
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Always on the look out for new and better paints and finishings, I am.
I was looking for something to finish a mach buster I'm working on. I wanted a good, sleek surface, but something tough enough to handle Mach+ airflow without peeling, and a tough skin so I'm not constantly touching up dings and scratches.
I found and tried Rustoleum Specialty black Appliance Epoxy. This stuff is the bee's knees!
The glossy finish is glossier than their regular gloss paint. It fills in spirals and dents better than their satin finish, which I usually use as a coat betwen primer and finish.
It says it is, and is, resistant to scratches. I banged the point of the PML conical urethane nose against the rough plaster cieling -- not a scratch to the finish, even though it took out a piece of plaster.
The surface is so shiny it looks wet, even oily: there's a rainbow effect where the light reflects off the fins. But it doesn't accumulate finger prints like regular glossy. It goes on thick without tending to run, much the same as satin finish.
It seems to weigh more than most paints. I used two coats (each of them the "two light coats a few minutes apart") and it added 3/4 of an ounce to a 3 foot long minimum diameter body, conical nose and 3 mid-to-large surface fins.
The finish has a resilient feel to it, like rubber coating. And it says it's waterproof, or at least water washable. There seem to be no need of a clear coat over it. In fact, that might defeat the purpose.
I only saw white and black. I doubt they make many colors. More's the pity -- this stuff is a great finish. $3.77 for a 12 ounce can at Lowe's (your milage may vary).
I was looking for something to finish a mach buster I'm working on. I wanted a good, sleek surface, but something tough enough to handle Mach+ airflow without peeling, and a tough skin so I'm not constantly touching up dings and scratches.
I found and tried Rustoleum Specialty black Appliance Epoxy. This stuff is the bee's knees!
The glossy finish is glossier than their regular gloss paint. It fills in spirals and dents better than their satin finish, which I usually use as a coat betwen primer and finish.
It says it is, and is, resistant to scratches. I banged the point of the PML conical urethane nose against the rough plaster cieling -- not a scratch to the finish, even though it took out a piece of plaster.
The surface is so shiny it looks wet, even oily: there's a rainbow effect where the light reflects off the fins. But it doesn't accumulate finger prints like regular glossy. It goes on thick without tending to run, much the same as satin finish.
It seems to weigh more than most paints. I used two coats (each of them the "two light coats a few minutes apart") and it added 3/4 of an ounce to a 3 foot long minimum diameter body, conical nose and 3 mid-to-large surface fins.
The finish has a resilient feel to it, like rubber coating. And it says it's waterproof, or at least water washable. There seem to be no need of a clear coat over it. In fact, that might defeat the purpose.
I only saw white and black. I doubt they make many colors. More's the pity -- this stuff is a great finish. $3.77 for a 12 ounce can at Lowe's (your milage may vary).
