which paints

Hi shaped acouple of boards now, and enjoy doing the paint jobs, but afew people have told me different things,

so what sort of paints should i use .eg (spray can, water base paints, and should i paint my blank white b4 glassing).

and whats the best way to do pin stripes and do them straight???

You can use different ways to do a pinline: Here the acrylic-method

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIUIn9A9PPQ

also you can paint the line with posca pens [if your are as good as BALSA:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ZmkHx9_PA&feature=related] or you can use tinting paint.

Paint job: It depends what you want to make for an paint job. directly on the foam, after glassing before coating or on the finished coat.

If you want to paint directly on the blank or paint before coating use posca pens or waterbased colors alternatively use despersion paint.

For the paintjob after coating you can use 2 K paint (carpaint....) 2k its called in germany may be you have a ..word for it or posca pens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEj5cq9b-M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ07beOpYI0&feature=related

 

Watch the movies and you will get a lot of informations, i think all what you need

 

 

Greetz Chris

Hi Chris cheers for your help,

at the moment Im painting stright onto the foam b4 glassing.

and with painting on the hot coat do you then seal it with a sealer or another thin hot coat(or will this run)??

    Howzit coastal, Are you glassing with poly or epoxy and on the foam or the hot coat. If it is poly and on the foam, then use Nova it's the best.Aloha,Kokua

Hi Kokua, at the moment I’m on poly and doing it on the foam. but I want to get it2 airbrushing just wana no the best way 2 go about it.CHEERS

    Howzit coastal, Vacumn the area of the blank using a soft bristle used for chairs, you know the one I mean.This will make your tape stick really good, if you can hand tape off the pin lines on the blank then just airbrush them on the foam. This is the technique thatworks best for sanded finish boards. If it's a glossed board then wash the sanded board and tape off and use acrylic paint, but I find india ink works best, you can airbrush too. Many different techniques and it is up to the person as to which one he uses. Aloha,Kokua