juicegoose

You know what Bigdrag I think i miss read your original post. You ARE saying to premix them.

So don't premix them together and shoot them over a white BC-26 or something. Would the pearls of the PBC and the pearls of the KBC get muddy?

I'm wanting to paint this house of kolor planet green but make it much much lighter. Almost like shading white with a little bit of the planet green(think seafoam). Primer would be white but should I mix the planet green into say a pearl basecoat like pearlwhite or hok standard white or should I shoot the pbc pearlwhite and then shoot the planet green over the top. Not sure if i'm supposed to mix the pbc and KBC colors.

Thanks for the great info Bill. I will keep a bottle of Iso close by now. So you would use that over hot soapy water? Also I agree on letting the primer set overnight. I was concerned over the can stating to coat with paint within an hour or after 24 hours. What would happen if it wasn't exactly 24 hours. Would the epoxy paint lay down thick? My concern is the threading. Although the reel seat nut has a lot of play my concern would ultimately be gumming up the threads. I'm interested in the kd3000 series epoxy primers from HOK. Do you guys think it would be a vast inprovement in durability? Thanks again truly.

I've been reading over posts for the last couple days and have learned a great deal on painting plastics. Let me start by saying that although I do enjoy building models from time to time this question is actually in regard to a different medium. I build fishing rods and part of the process is using a graphite plastic reel seat. I've taken on the task of painting these seat similar to a company that offers the service. I'm wanting to make sure I can get the best adhesion to the plastic as possible and also increase durability as these will see abuse. Not so much in the way of flex but just generally hitting stuff. Here is my current process and could you seasoned vets please let me know if there is an area that I could do differently to improve adhesion/resistance to chipping. 1. Sand reel seat with 220 grit sandpaper to remove any coatings and make a good surface for primer 2. Wash with hot soapy water and allow to dry. 3. Apply mist coat of Duplicolor automotive sandable primer. Let set for a couple minutes then a 2 additional cover coats of primer. 4. Let dry for 30-45 minutes and wet sand with 600 grit 5. Wash and let dry 6. Apply light coat of primer to cover any areas where sanding through primer occured(need even color for the HOK Kandy base coat colors I use) 7. After 30-45 minutes I apply 3 medium wet coats of House of Kolor Kandy Base Coat paints. 8. Let dry for 30-45 minutes 9. Spray 1 tack coat and 2 more wet coats of House of Kolor Show Klear. What you guys think? areas to improve? could I use say 120 grit for initial primer grab?

great thanks

I needed a black primer the other day and ran by my local hardware store. They had this rustoleum 2x coverage black primer and I picked a can up to lay as a base under my HOK kandy base coats. Problem is it doesn't cover for junk. I can usually presand my plastic with 220 and use the sem primer I have in grey and it covers well with a nice smooth surface. This rustoleum just simply doesn't build high. Which duplicolor does everyone seem to be using. I ran by my local auto store and they had several versions. This will be a black primer under 3 coats of house of kolor kandy base coat followed up with 3 coats of the 2 part hok show clear.