Anyone using acrylic paint on a stunter these days.  Since electric stunters don't need to be fuel proof, I'm wondering if there might be an "alternative" paint we could use in place of good old DOPE.  Hopefully giving as light or lighter finish and perhaps a little less labor intensive.  Anyone ? 

Since electric stunters don't need to be fuel proof

When I was at the NW Regionals last year, one of my fling buddies came back to his chair next to mine with a furtive air and confided that while he was fueling up his plane the tube popped off of his tank and he sprayed fuel all over the electric plane next to his.  He finally got up his courage to go tell the owner what he'd done.  He didn't sport any bruises that day, so I assumed that everything worked out.

So -- electric stunters do need to be fuel proof, at least if you're going to compete with them.

You have to be quite specific about what kind of acrylic you're talking about. I've used acrylic lacquer automotive paint a number of times and had no problems with it. It's not completely fuel proof, but good enough to resist stunt fuel. Being an automotive product it is pretty hardy and polishes well. Of course that depends on what brand you choose and what you thin it with amongst other things. And where you are.... I understand acrylic lacquer is very hard to come by most places these days, impossible others.

Acrylic enamel is another animal again and waterbased acrylics, another galaxy.