pikeman401

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I plan on painting an older model (t-33 electric foam jet) but don't know which paint to use as I know that some paints will eat the foam. Any suggestions will help and also where to buy it. Thanks.

Flyboy Dave

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I used to paint my foamies with this stuff....it's made special for that.

FBD.

sweetpea01

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Faskolor works also........its waterbased lexan car body paint........but works fine on foam.

Flyboy Dave

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I found it....it's a Midwest product. [sm=thumbup.gif] Some LHS must carry it !!

http://www.udisco.com/hobbies/home.htm

FBD.

Flyboy Dave

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pikeman401

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Found it. Tower Hobbies has it. Thanks for the help.

Flyboy Dave

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....[sm=thumbup.gif]....

....I tried Tower first, even did a search....oh well.

Use thin coats....it takes a long time to dry. It will "run" like heck if too thick.

FBD.

vicman

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Wal-mart, krylon Short Cuts. Otherwise any waterbased acrylic in the craft section. 2 bucks will last forever!

pikeman401

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To Flyboy Dave I assume you are talking about the Pactra. I did find it at the web site that you gave me. Not sure how to use it. Is a dope? Do I need thinner? How Do I put it on? It was the Faskolor that I found at Tower. Sounds like I have a couple options. I'll check them out. Thanks for the help.

Flypaper 2

I use the Testors line of paint for model cars works great. Dries fast. Good line of colours.

Flyboy Dave

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I haven't seen the Formula-U in anything but spray cans. I really works
good on the foam. Keep the paint thin and light. A thick coat will sag
like crazy....it takes a long time to dry completely.

Dave.

pikeman401

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Spray cans would be fine. Who sells the Formula-U?

pikeman401

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Want to add. I need something tough. The plane has no landing gear so does a belly land every time.

J_R

Some of the guys at my club are using permanent markers rather than paint on foamies. Just a thought. Easy touch-up.

pikeman401

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The wing has a hard plastic covering to it so I was hoping to make the fuse look the same with paint. I am worried the the paint will crack with the belly landings. I like the idea of permanent marker. I could use that for trim lines. Thanks.

Flyboy Dave

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You can use a coat of epoxy on the bottom to stiffen it up for the belly
landings, or use a strip of that reinforced nylon shipping tape
on the bottom that can be replaced when it gets raggedy.

If you are running a glow engine on a foam plane, you will need to cover
it, or paint it to seal the foam from the fuel.

FBD.

sweetpea01

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faskolor won't crack......it soaks into the foam........spray light coats, I made a Shockflyer out of depron and painted it yellow and used sharpie for the black.

pikeman401

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I checked at Wall Mart today for the Krylon Short cuts that vicman talked about and didn't find it, but did find a new paint they call H2O. It is a water based acrylic. No fumes (or very little) and water clean up. I came home and looked it up on the net and it says it is for styrofoam. That may be an option. A while back there was an article in one of the magazines that said to brush on a thinned out layer of light spackeling compound and then sand it down. That fills in the small holes and imperfections and gives a nice smooth finish after it has been painted. So that is what I did. It looks pretty good. Also covered a lot of the crash damage. Did I say crash damage? I meant to say very hard landing damage. The point I am trying to make is that if the Faskolor soaks in to the foam I am hoping that it will soak into the light spackeling that I put on. I would assume so seeing as how that light spackling is fairly porous. I am concerned about how tough the Krylon would be. Whatever happens I think the idea about the strapping tape on the bottom is good. I have used that to strengthen foam wings before. It is electric so won't have to worry about fuel eating anything. Other than the motor eating up a few amps.


When I am done flying my electrics all I have to do is wipe off a few ohms off the outside of the plane.

radcon56

I took some light spackle and diluted it to a paintable consistancy and brushed it on an A-10 Warthog DF,very light sand with 400 wd paper and sprayed on the camo with acrylic rattle cans.I must say the nozzle on the spray cans were adjustable both vertical and horizontal spray patterns and pressure sensitivity.You can recogize them by their blue color.When used sparingly,these acrylics give an excellent finish without alot of weight.