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Re: Combining paint types

Bob Sterner
 

Thanks, Pierre. I can imagine that xylene is tough on styrene. It also occurred to me after writing my post that a primer undercoat might be contributing to the problems I'm having. I have a little more mad chemist experimentation to do.

Bob Sterner
St. Paul, MN

--- In STMFC@..., "Pierre" <pierre.oliver@...> wrote:

Bob,
The only difference between Scalecoat I and II is the ratio of naptha to xylene. II has more naptha which prevents it crazing styrene.
So the caveats remain.
Pierre Oliver

--- In STMFC@..., "Bob Sterner" <rwsterner@> wrote:

I'm playing around with some color combinations using paints of different types. To get a certain hue I dearly want to overspray a Tamiya lacquer over a Scalecoat undercoat. I know this doesn't work on Scalecoat II because it crazes. I haven't tried Scalecoat I. I'm just learning about advice never to apply lacquers over enamels or acrylics. For example:

http://www.naritafamily.com/howto/paint.htm

Does anyone here know which type (lacquer, enamel or acrylic) are Scalecoat I and Scalecoat II? I know these use lacquer thinner but I'm not sure if that means they are truly lacquers.

Bob Sterner
St. Paul, MN
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