Thread: need paint help

hi folks. i'm new to air brushing. i want to start brushing on r/c car bodies. dose any one know what paints will stick to lexan or polycarbonate other then pactra paints. i want to use a water based paint. easy to clean.also my mom baught me a iwata eclipse hp-cs. will this be a good enough ab for i'll be doing. thanks

faskolor by Parma is made just for RC lexan bodies. It comes in a pretty good range of colors and is water based too. Here is a link to the web site.

http://www.parmapse.com/fas1.html

For Water Based Paints I use
FasKolor
Createx
Auto Air

For Laquer I Use
SpazStix
Parma

I use Auto Air, Com Art, and Etac on the couple of bodyshells I've done, and they're all water-based!

Ask your mom if she would like another son! They're great airbrushes, in fact wish I had one!!!

Clive

I want to know if I can use Duplicolor Auto paint and laquer in my new Paasch VL, and not damge the teflon nut?

Graham

If your brush has the Teflon packin/seals, then you can paint with almost anything, including the paints you listed. Even the older Paasche brushes could handle most paints and solvents, it wasn't til we started using urethanes that we really had any issues. Urethanes use methyl-ethyl-keytone as their paint solvent, and that has a tendency to cause problems with many rubber compounds. Though from what I have been reading on Paasche's website, you may be able to get Teflon packing for their older brushes now. If your Eclipse doesn't have the Teflon packing, there is Teflon packing available to replace it.
Some of the original Eclipse models may not have the Teflon in them, but it would have to be an old brush.
Hope this helped.