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What is the best paint that will work with the bittydesign liquid mask for painting rc car body's
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I would think normal polycarbonate paint for RC bodies? Not to sure, never used liquid mask yet.
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Liquid mask is like am Elmer's glue thar dries. From there you can cut out a design peel it, paint it, peel the rest and paint another color. It's basically a liquid masking tape.
Everyone's going to post their favorite brand and I will share my experience with the following brands of aerosols for polycarb:
Tamiya - Too thin for my liking, it requires 3-4 very thin coats, I tend to spray on too thick and get a runny mess with this brand
Spazstix - My personal favorite, perfect thickness to spray 2 light coats to get perfectly even coverage with no runs
Duratrax - My backup when Spazstix is out of stock, color selection isn't as good but spray quality is similar
If you want professional results then invest in a high quality air brush and spend lots of time practicing.
I choose to keep things simple and use masking tape with aerosols, here's my most recent paint job from last week using Spazstix:
Tamiya - Too thin for my liking, it requires 3-4 very thin coats, I tend to spray on too thick and get a runny mess with this brand
Spazstix - My personal favorite, perfect thickness to spray 2 light coats to get perfectly even coverage with no runs
Duratrax - My backup when Spazstix is out of stock, color selection isn't as good but spray quality is similar
If you want professional results then invest in a high quality air brush and spend lots of time practicing.
I choose to keep things simple and use masking tape with aerosols, here's my most recent paint job from last week using Spazstix:
