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11/12/2018 8:49 am
Mark
11/12/2018 10:26 am
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
11/12/2018 1:00 pm
Mark, your AMT '57 Chevrolet is was made of styrene plastic. The Duplicolor paint was and still is lacquer. You cannot paint lacquer over the old styrene but you would not have known that at age 11. It needed a barrier coat over the plastic first. Shellac applied first acts as a barrier coat. You could then spray lacquer over that
on styrene. Davids problem was simply not enough cure time between color coats.
11/12/2018 3:24 pm
David why are trying to paint the car as if it were 1:1?...
I doubt it was the primer that ruined the paint. Several light coats during one spray is all you need. Now I'll tell you what probably went wrong, you didn't turn the can upside down and spray a few seconds to clear the nozzle. What happens is the paint settles back into the can and some solvent stays in the line and may even be to much even if you spray scrap first the next time.
12/12/2018 3:18 am
That’s a good thought, Bob. Several light sprays within the first hour could be the solution.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA