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Building Tips and technical articles. => Paint and finishing => Topic started by: Tim Wescott on June 04, 2022, 03:19:55 PM
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I made the mistake of consulting with my family artistic mafia, and now I'm going to be painting a plane with cream as a base coat.
Since cream is basically white with a little bit of brown added it seems like I should be able to just paint it as a base coat where I would normally paint white.
Is this the case? Or will I shoot myself in the foot if I try?
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Tim,
I had no problems with the cream I used as a base coat on my Caprice. I had used Brodak primer over carbon veil and sanded a good portion off so the surface had quite a mottled appearance prior to the cream. No problems with coverage.
I should state that the paint I used was Valspar auto base color.
Hope this helps.
Ken
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A few years back I painted a DeMeco Continental, Diana Cream and Stinson Maroon. My base paint was Insignia White over gray primer.white. No problems. D>K
I'm wondering if I can just skip the white in the base coat and put the cream straight over the gray or silver.
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It has been my experience that a light grey works well as a blocking coat for any color on top of it. From white, yellow, red to anything else. At least it is worth a try.
I do not know about metallics. I gave up on metallics years ago on a stunt ship. Impossible to match for whatever reason later on.
Keith
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Tim,
Many have use Diana Cream as a block/base coat over silver or gray. Works fine, better than white, should be fine as the base and top coat.
Best, DennisT