jcam54
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First off I messed up the paint spraying "house of color" copper to green fade too thick and it bubbled. Then I sprayed metalic blue, silver, and yellow...much less to say it looked really bad. So I jumped on the shout box and low and behold someone was there to help out!
This is how I "fixed" this problem with @Bankrupter's advice.
NEEDS TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO NOT LET THE PAINT SET!!
You need to get brake fluid, heavy paper towels or rags, latex gloves, and to clean it all up simple green degreaser (1 part simple green, 2 parts water) or similar product.
NOTE: caution is needed not to get brake fluid in your eyes so use safety glasses and wash all overspill from your skin asap!
Pour a generous amount of brake fluid into the body (not too much to spill out of the sides when your scrubbing) and let sit for a minute or two, then start scrubbing. The brake fluid will start to release the paint and you will need to keep scrubbing and adding brake fluid as needed.
This will take some time so don't get discouraged.
Once all of the paint has been removed spray the body with simple green and wipe out all of the brake fluid, I found that doing this step @ three times did the trick. I then rinsed it out with clean water and set aside to dry.
Here are some pics of the striped body.
Note: the haze you see is the "House of color" stuff, it left a "film" that is almost like plastic this was not caused by the brake fluid--where the clear sections are is where I had my paint masks and removed them before using the brake fluid.
This was really good advice so I wanted to post it and give Bankrupter the credit he deserves.
Thanks bud for being there to cover my behind!!
I will update the pics when I reshoot the body during the week.
Dirty paper towels in the trash
This is how I "fixed" this problem with @Bankrupter's advice.
NEEDS TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO NOT LET THE PAINT SET!!
You need to get brake fluid, heavy paper towels or rags, latex gloves, and to clean it all up simple green degreaser (1 part simple green, 2 parts water) or similar product.
NOTE: caution is needed not to get brake fluid in your eyes so use safety glasses and wash all overspill from your skin asap!
Pour a generous amount of brake fluid into the body (not too much to spill out of the sides when your scrubbing) and let sit for a minute or two, then start scrubbing. The brake fluid will start to release the paint and you will need to keep scrubbing and adding brake fluid as needed.
This will take some time so don't get discouraged.
Once all of the paint has been removed spray the body with simple green and wipe out all of the brake fluid, I found that doing this step @ three times did the trick. I then rinsed it out with clean water and set aside to dry.
Here are some pics of the striped body.
Note: the haze you see is the "House of color" stuff, it left a "film" that is almost like plastic this was not caused by the brake fluid--where the clear sections are is where I had my paint masks and removed them before using the brake fluid.
This was really good advice so I wanted to post it and give Bankrupter the credit he deserves.
Thanks bud for being there to cover my behind!!
I will update the pics when I reshoot the body during the week.
Dirty paper towels in the trash