Edit: Feel free to post your painted SE/TE or whatever project in this thread. Provide tips on your experience or any questions. If ya mess up, it's cool cuz then maybe someone can learn from your mistakes like I hope others learned from mine. Let us know what you did, what paint you used and anything you learned from it. ![:tup:]( ":tup:")
Krylon Guide
http://pages.videotron.com/thief/
Vinyl Dye Guide
http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/202/1
Spraying my Madcatz Fightstick SE down now. 90% of the entire thing perfect. Looks beautiful, except for three drips side by side on the front of the case. All the guides say they will eventually vanish, these pooled up and dried like that. Now the drips themselves are darker than the rest of the work, and are very noticeable. I do not think they are going to vanish on their own.
Sanded it down with 800, then 600 grit as I would with regular spray paint and respraying does nothing. It's so much darker than the rest of the work that it's totally visible. Kind of dissapointed in this stuff. (Krylon Fusion)
Spray paint, when sanded down, at least covers up when resprayed. This stuff won't. Not as "simple" as everyone raves about it. The stuff is so thin I can still see the lettering on the plastic. I thought it'd be a little more effective at painting than this. 4 coats of it and it's as if the last one wasn't there.
What can I do?
Edit: Apparently Krylon Fusion is NOT Vinyl Dye. Like 3 different places on this forum set you up to think so, but it's not. I just ruined the damn case. All Krylon is is a Vinyl Dye wannabe. Regular paint that adheres to plastics better. No wonder the damn drip didn't "seep" into the plastic.
Let it be known here, that Krylon Fusion, regardless of what the guy at the damn auto parts store tells you, is NOT vinyl dye. Why is this topic so unheard of with people? I went to three different auto parts stores, and did searches on many forums and everyone reccomended Krylon as Vinyl Dye, when it's not. Now I can't use Vinyl Dyde ever, ever, ever on my case cuz it's been painted on.
Maybe this thread will be of use to someone. I got sanding to do. -_-
Krylon Guide
http://pages.videotron.com/thief/
Vinyl Dye Guide
http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/202/1
Spraying my Madcatz Fightstick SE down now. 90% of the entire thing perfect. Looks beautiful, except for three drips side by side on the front of the case. All the guides say they will eventually vanish, these pooled up and dried like that. Now the drips themselves are darker than the rest of the work, and are very noticeable. I do not think they are going to vanish on their own.
Sanded it down with 800, then 600 grit as I would with regular spray paint and respraying does nothing. It's so much darker than the rest of the work that it's totally visible. Kind of dissapointed in this stuff. (Krylon Fusion)
Spray paint, when sanded down, at least covers up when resprayed. This stuff won't. Not as "simple" as everyone raves about it. The stuff is so thin I can still see the lettering on the plastic. I thought it'd be a little more effective at painting than this. 4 coats of it and it's as if the last one wasn't there.
What can I do?
Edit: Apparently Krylon Fusion is NOT Vinyl Dye. Like 3 different places on this forum set you up to think so, but it's not. I just ruined the damn case. All Krylon is is a Vinyl Dye wannabe. Regular paint that adheres to plastics better. No wonder the damn drip didn't "seep" into the plastic.
Let it be known here, that Krylon Fusion, regardless of what the guy at the damn auto parts store tells you, is NOT vinyl dye. Why is this topic so unheard of with people? I went to three different auto parts stores, and did searches on many forums and everyone reccomended Krylon as Vinyl Dye, when it's not. Now I can't use Vinyl Dyde ever, ever, ever on my case cuz it's been painted on.
Maybe this thread will be of use to someone. I got sanding to do. -_-