Mike hit the nail directly on the head with his post. If you've used
Scalecoat black I do believe that you'e actually used Dupont Centari #99, Pitch
Black. There are only a few companies that actually make paint but a lot that
simply rebottle others products. When I was in the street rod business I used
barrels of this Centari stuff, with catalysts added, and not added in the case
of my trains.
When the automotive world started to go to a base coat/clear coat system we
started using Sherwin Williams products with great success. That made me change
my mind about what I was using for the top coat on my models. I switched to
polyurethane's, like the Devcon flat finish.
I tried Badger, it was weird stuff and I did not like how it set up in my
airbrush when I was painting! The paint all gelled in the bottle and I tossed
it all
My favorite reducer has been Xylene. I started using it in the 1960's with
Floquil and Scalecoat. I have a small paint booth and I use a painters mask
with cartridges, not the cheap dust mask. I also use disposable gloves. Xylene
has now been removed from the open market here in California. I know the day is
rapidly approaching where all the readily available paints that I can get my
hands on here will be waterbased. The technology has come a long ways from the
early 1980's. I will adapt.
J. Rustermier
--- In [email protected], "Mike S" wrote:
Thank Jim,
I was reading all this guff about automotive paint on models telling myself
how I am going to answer when yours came in.
Getting your paint from the hobby industry is fine if that is how you want to
make it happen or the only way.
I know that I am not very well known on this list so please don't cast my post
aside. Try out the newer waterborne automotive paints.
Mike Swederska
BTW those of you out there that restore old tinplate. I have matched those
colors perfectly with automotive refinishes.
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