Faskolor peeling off

[DCM]

the bottles are small and not exactly cheap..... good for detail stuff though, still prefer fasckolor, don't smell either

[MK999]

http://www.spazstix.com/gallery/disp...d&cat=-4&pos=6 i take that back, seems it fades just fine

[pro4nut]

Differant types of tape and the time left on make a huge differance, i don't like to spend out more than i have to so i use sellotape 2 day mask, you can buy it in whsmith!
The only other thing i make good use of is a hairdryer, i use a 2 speed ionic one but i would recommend cleaning paint off it before the wife spots you.....
As far as peeling off, i have never had this problem, just don't use a finished shell for 24 hours.

Here's one of mine;

[Northy]

Originally Posted by telboy

INorthy, 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!

Eeeerrrrr, white, black, flu orange, flu yellow, flu pink, silver, blue, red......

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[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by Northy

Eeeerrrrr, white, black, flu orange, flu yellow, flu pink, silver, blue, red......

G

Interesting colour scheme your having then ??

[neiloliver]

I use the Parma liquid mask stuff, it does three shells which aint too bad and you can get it from Apex along with their paper masking tape. I always back the paint with Faskoat and then put masking tape over any areas which might get rubbed. I always superglue my female velcro to the paint to stop it pulling off). i am sure the bob Div stuff is great, but at two shells per year its not worth getting it from over the pond.

I do miss the pactra smell. I remember getting as high as a kite doing my Topcat shell years ago!

M

[telboy]

Eeeerrrrr, white, black, flu orange, flu yellow, flu pink, silver, blue, red......

G

Bugger.

[metalhead10]

Originally Posted by Northy

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

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http://www.harlequinracing.com
dont think he has it listed on the site but if you email/ring him im sure he can sort you out as he has a stand with it all on also he used to spray shells with it as well as faskolor.

[MK999]

I found i had this problem with faskolor, it sprayed really thick, clogged up my badger, spattered everywhere, seemed to manage to bleed under liquid mask somehow, despite being thick, it peeled wet, in between wet and dry, and dry, and took some other paint with it, and it seems it didn't like my nitro block i used to protect it from water (since it 'washes' off), since it cracked soon as it touched it, and took the paint underneath with it... built something of a hatred for faskolor

[bigred5765]

got to say i use to use pactra and custom colours,
i now only use faskolor, its better cleaner safe and easier to use,
use faskoat instead of nitro block its much better,

[MK999]

it was my first time using it so maybe i expected too much, but i still thought it was fairly poor, even tamiya cans gave better results first time, and well, i was only expecting a plain white that didn't screw up too much

[jonmiller]

one thing nobody mentioned was ' thin layers '
spraying nice thin coats i find helps alot

[MK999]

my paint usually goes on in about 15 or so layers, the first few almost invisible i don't see a reason to spray it any thicker really, although the viscosity of faskolor doesn't help, i also found it spattered a lot, just couldn't get a decent spray pattern for it, tried all sorts of pressures and airbrush settings

[jonmiller]

make a 50/50 mix of windolene n water n thin it abit with that

[bigred5765]

yeah thin the white down a bit i use 40/60 split water and isochronal alcohol
but wind ex or windolean works and u may need a bigger needle if Ur using a badger air brush i use a ab one and it has a .50 needle and tip

[niggs98]

have finally had a chance to try craigs mix of ipa/h2o on a shell and have also tried finer coats and wow what a difference. tape coming off alot easier and paint seems to be cureing quicker as well ( especially with forced drying) lines although not perfect are alot cleaner so am gonna try liquid mask next instead of masking tape as im told this will help. what ones do you guys use and where do you get it from ?????? and has anyone tried the fast colour version ?????

oh and tried anouther tip of backing the shell with clear laquer (halfords) a lot quicker and easier to use and does a really good job of sealing everything so the water cant lift it off

[bigred5765]

jespares sells it in the uk ask for the bob divleys stuff its the mutts nutts

[DCM]

what is ipa and where do I get it/cost?

[niggs98]

Originally Posted by DCM

what is ipa and where do I get it/cost?

isopropanol alcohol = Ipa stu got mine from ebay and it wern't expensive. (only reason i know this is coz i asked in a previous thread )

[niggs98]

will have to try a bottle then carl