Backing paint question

[barry]

I'm doing my first paint job on a RC shell (well, since 1987 anyway). It's very simple - dark blue with a white cross covering the whole shell - kind of like the Scottish flag but with horizontal/vertical white lines rather than diagonals.

Anyway, the blue is turning out a little lighter than I thought. If I spray black over the finished blue, would this darken it a bit? White is going to be my last colour and I was going to back the whole shell with the white as I heard this improves the colours, but I'm now worried it will make the blue even lighter.

One more question - I've put about three coats of the blue on now and it is still very translucent. Do I need to keep applying coats or does paint usually stay translucent until the backing (black or white) is applied?

Cheers,
Barry

[jonmiller]

yeh, backing it with black will help slightly.

what type of blue is it? pearl, opaque etc?

[barry]

It's just a regular blue - http://www.mardavespares.com/body-sh...ue-spray-paint.

Thanks for the answer.

Barry

[DCM]

Your only hope is to back it with black then mate.

[barry]

Thanks.

Any thoughts on my second question:

One more question - I've put about three coats of the blue on now and it is still very translucent. Do I need to keep applying coats or does paint usually stay translucent until the backing (black or white) is applied?

Cheers,
Barry

[DCM]

best to test it on an old pop bottle, not really used the Fastrax paint.