In reality though, even prototype paint faded in the sunlight, so the Floquil (lighter) paint might work out fine. Also, it will photograph better. Modeler's license!! Jeff Madden
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > ** > I did some spray painting yesterday despite extremely high temperatures. > It to up to 105 though it was a little cooler than that when I was doing > the painting. The humidity was fairly low. I used Scalecoat II Pullman > Green. Everything seemed to go OK. The color looked too black. When I > painted several cars about 3 or 4 years ago the color looked off until it > dried overnight, and then it looked perfect. This time the color did not > change as it dried. So my newly painted car sides do not exactly match my > old cars. Its not so far off that I cannot live with it. But I am > wondering if my spraying in the heat would be the reason for the difference > in the color? Or is it a problem of Scalecoat not being consistent in > their mixing of colors? > > I had earlier tried Floquil Pullman Green and it was too light. I will > revisit the possibility that it is closer than the Scalecoat. > > - Earl Henry, Nashville > > >
