lcorinth
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Question for you airbrushers out there:
How long does it take for Tamiya lacquers to cure? I've been working on a D Region Tomahawk, and painted all the parts separately with Tamiya paints in an airbrush.
The paints went on beautifully, but everything I do seems to remove some paint! After applying a white base coat, I went do do the red and brown details on the nose cone. I used Tamiya masking tape (which I reserve for special occasions). Despite being low-tack, and by the same company, I found that when I pulled up the mask, the tape had taken off some of the gloss and the white underneath had been roughed up.
Then, when handling the fins, I found I removed some paint on the edges when trying to glue them into place.
Finally, I got a smudge of something on the nose cone, so I took a dab of rubbing alcohol to clean it off, and it took the color off down to the primer.
Are these paints just more fragile than other paints (like your rattle can enamels, which I'm most used to using), or do I need to give them a lot more time to cure? It's already been several days.
Thanks!
How long does it take for Tamiya lacquers to cure? I've been working on a D Region Tomahawk, and painted all the parts separately with Tamiya paints in an airbrush.
The paints went on beautifully, but everything I do seems to remove some paint! After applying a white base coat, I went do do the red and brown details on the nose cone. I used Tamiya masking tape (which I reserve for special occasions). Despite being low-tack, and by the same company, I found that when I pulled up the mask, the tape had taken off some of the gloss and the white underneath had been roughed up.
Then, when handling the fins, I found I removed some paint on the edges when trying to glue them into place.
Finally, I got a smudge of something on the nose cone, so I took a dab of rubbing alcohol to clean it off, and it took the color off down to the primer.
Are these paints just more fragile than other paints (like your rattle can enamels, which I'm most used to using), or do I need to give them a lot more time to cure? It's already been several days.
Thanks!