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Originally Posted by cigbunt
i tired using nitro block on water based paint did a few coats but shell still seems to be a bit prone to marking..
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I think maybe people are getting a little confused with what we're trying to do as painters... When we airbrush or even use aerosols the paint we're putting on is microns thick, there is no depth to it.
When you back it with nitro block that's just to stop it washing off in the rain and mainly to stop nitro fuel or tire additives attacking your hard work.
To stop things physically rubbing the paint you need to back the inside of the shell with some sort of protective tape.
These cars take a beating when out on track, touring cars aren't so bad because there shells don't really touch any of the chassis, even if they turn over the roof is unlikely to push in so much it hits any moving parts. Buggies on the other hand have to put up with a lot more. Every time you jump your car when it lands the chassis can flex, if it flex's the shell has to go somewhere too, if you roll it over the shell might get pushed in for a less than a second but it's got the potential to touch something as it does because the tolerances are much closer. Avoiding a rubbed off area isn't easy. You could make the mounts a touch higher or try and file what evers rubbing but I think on some chassis's you just can't avoid it.