Paint over monokote??
11-19-2010, 11:40 AM
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Paint over monokote??
Anyone ever painted over ultrakote or know if and how it can be done? Ive painted over monokote before with acrylic and wasnt really impressed with it. Any ideas would be great!
11-19-2010, 01:01 PM
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RE: Paint over monokote??
Greetings from Finland
Try to use plastic primer. Here in Finland they sell some cheap quality stuff in aerosol cans (which is working quite well) in paint shops. An more expensive thing is sold in car paint shops.
Just light coat of primer on the Oracover and after that normal alkyde paint over. And final touch with matt Sikkens car lacquer. It is best to use silver Oracover, if you loose some paint then it looks like normal wear.
But anyway make some tests before final paint.
Old Erkki
Try to use plastic primer. Here in Finland they sell some cheap quality stuff in aerosol cans (which is working quite well) in paint shops. An more expensive thing is sold in car paint shops.
Just light coat of primer on the Oracover and after that normal alkyde paint over. And final touch with matt Sikkens car lacquer. It is best to use silver Oracover, if you loose some paint then it looks like normal wear.
But anyway make some tests before final paint.
Old Erkki
11-19-2010, 03:03 PM
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RE: Paint over monokote??
It's not gonna be fun when it comes time to re-shrink your painted covering. Get your iron out now and work out anything that could become a wrinkle later.
11-22-2010, 08:26 PM
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RE: Paint over monokote??
bibby19:
I have done a number of paint jobs on Ultracote and Monokote and it is not difficult. As mentioned above, lightly scuff the surface with the gray schtchbrite. My procedure is to mask off the area to be painted then scuff the surface to be painted. Be very careful not to scuff too much. All you want to do is to dull the surface. My test is to hold the surface up to the light and look for even scuff marks in the area to be painted. Once this is done, CLEAN the area to be painted with the reducer or thinner for the paint you are using. I shoot PPG and Dupont automotive enamels with a catalyzer and I have never had a problem shrinking the covering with a heat gun if it loosens up.
Ed
I have done a number of paint jobs on Ultracote and Monokote and it is not difficult. As mentioned above, lightly scuff the surface with the gray schtchbrite. My procedure is to mask off the area to be painted then scuff the surface to be painted. Be very careful not to scuff too much. All you want to do is to dull the surface. My test is to hold the surface up to the light and look for even scuff marks in the area to be painted. Once this is done, CLEAN the area to be painted with the reducer or thinner for the paint you are using. I shoot PPG and Dupont automotive enamels with a catalyzer and I have never had a problem shrinking the covering with a heat gun if it loosens up.
Ed
