Faskolor peeling off

[Body Paint]

I'm having trouble with Faskolor paint.

I'm finding that when I peel the masking tape off the paint tends to peel off aswell. Does anyone else have this problem?

Better still has anyone found a way of stopping it happening.

[GRIFF55]

Ihad that problem on my two shells as well, thought it was me rushing

[DCM]

Craig, you got to either pull the tape off whilst the paint is still fresh or wait till it is very dry, anywhere inbetween and the paint sticks to each other more than it does the shell.

[Northy]

Does it actually ever stick to the shell? I don't really see how it works with it being water based.

G

[DCM]

The water is only the carrier and evaporates away. Only trouble I have with Faskolor, is people need to leave it cure a few days, then it sticks like shit to a blanket.

[Body Paint]

I've found peeling when soft the only way, but that leaves a slightly rough line. I've left shells weeks to dry over a radiator and it still peeled.

I have tried backing the paint with solvent or acrylic paint and it seems to soak into the faskolor and make it stick properly, but it kind of defeats the object of faskolor

[telboy]

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I always thought that faskolor was acrylic?!?

Anyway. The only problem I've had with faskolor is it actually wshing off when it gets wet. So I try to back it all with pactra white flo' cover coat now to seal it.

Sometimes it does peel off when it is put on top of another paint. but I've never had a problem with it actually peeling directly off the polycarb'...except in major impacts, as it isn't as flexible as the solvents.a
It does sometimes get a bit 'rubbery' when its at a certain dryness (if that makes sense), and its at this point when it tends to peel off from the lower paint layer. I always 'force' dry mine and don't unmask until it is properly dry.

It doesnt like to go ontop of chrome sometimes either. If the chrome is put down first for pinstriping you can quite easliy peel the chrome off when unmasking the other sections. which is a real bugger. so sometime when this starts to happen I end up having to re-cut all the lines again.

I still find solvent better, but the faskolor is better for my health so I put up with it.

[DCM]

I have had it wash off, but that was with two day old paint and a seoaking astro track, nitro blocker works, but is smelly, I don't tend to back mine with anything, just point out that the paint needs time to 'cure' before use.

Solvent is better, but oh so smelly, and as I spray in the house, it's a no-no...

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by telboy

?

I always thought that faskolor was acrylic?!?

Anyway. The only problem I've had with faskolor is it actually washing off when it gets wet. So I try to back it all with pactra white Flo' cover coat now to seal it.

Sometimes it does peel off when it is put on top of another paint. but I've never had a problem with it actually peeling directly off the polycarb'...except in major impacts, as it isn't as flexible as the solvents.a
It does sometimes get a bit 'rubbery' when its at a certain dryness (if that makes sense), and its at this point when it tends to peel off from the lower paint layer. I always 'force' dry mine and don't unmask until it is properly dry.

It doesn't like to go on top of chrome sometimes either. If the chrome is put down first for pin striping you can quite easily peel the chrome off when unmasking the other sections. which is a real bugger. so sometime when this starts to happen I end up having to re-cut all the lines again.

I still find solvent better, but the faskolor is better for my health so I put up with it.

just back it with faskoat it never washes of then,
and i use liquid mask it doesn't seem to lift paint at the edges,but remove the masking tape before paint is dry,but not when its wet,dry it with a hair dryer onces its dull remove the tape and all should be well, nice clean edge and no paint lift,

[Body Paint]

I have noticed that different masking tapes seems to lift the paint more.

Maybe I'll try liquid mask.

To save me trawling through posts, where can I buy some?

[MK999]

www.jespares.com stock bob divelys

[Body Paint]

Thanks, that's more expensive than I thought.

Any alternatives ???

[DCM]

Craig, I got a bottle you can have, and order some from RCBoyz on ebay, and replace mine with a new bottle (I got two unopened ones)

[telboy]

dively's is the cheaper of the two. but it is better.

I already use divelys and have done for about 2 years now.

and i use liquid mask it doesn't seem to lift paint at the edges,but remove the masking tape before paint is dry,but not when its wet,dry it with a hair dryer onces its dull remove the tape and all should be well, nice clean edge and no paint lift

as I say, I already use liquid mask, and have my 'paint shop' all set up with hot air blowers to dry stuff quickly. It doesn't happen all the time, only if your in too much of a rush and try to cut corners to get things done quickly. But it never works that way, cos you end up spending more time on them than you wanted to to start with.

Drying is what its all about.

I've recently had to use masking tape due to a lack of liquid mask (luckily I have some now) and I used Tamiya tape with the faskolor and it had no problems at all with lifting the paint off of the shell.

[Northy]

So, where can you still get Pactra from? Anyone want to part with some half empty jars?

G

[bigred5765]

also make sure u scrub it with warm soapy water before you start,
also clean inside and out,oil from ur hands can cause it to lift, so clean and dry is the big secret

[telboy]

I had to by some parma stuff for emergencies recently and it cost me nearly £8 for 8oz!
I always order 3 bottles of 32oz divelys from RCBoyz and it works out at about £16 per bottle including the shipping! Bargain!

Northy, what colour you wanting? I've got loads of pactra that I don't use anymore. But, otley modelsport do mail order on the pactra paints. thats where I get mine from now that all my LHS's have closed down!

[MK999]

spaz stix is the way to go ! now if only they did solid colours although the anodised metals are kinda solid colours, hard to fade though being translucent

[DCM]

bloody expensive though.....

[MK999]

i've yet to get some really good results with it due to inexperience but in the places it came out ok it looks really good, as do any pics i've seen of it