Revell Acrylic Spray Paints

[DiscoRover007]

Hey guys not sure if anyone has come across these. But I just noticed my local hobbytown carries Revell Acrylic Spray Paints. I decided to pick up a can of the Aluminum paint and give it a shot. I have to say I am very impressed. It lays down very smooth with a fine metal flake. I'd be curious to try their other colors. They are expensive though. Cost me $9 a can. Not cheap but I could see these being useful for mass painting of parts that need silver or black, probably interior colors as well.  I'd love to see how fine a flake their silver is and if the gloss spray is shiny enough for bodies. 

Edited April 20, 2021 by DiscoRover007

[ChrisBcritter]

Des Plaines Hobbies has the whole rack of Revell paints now; I picked up a can and a bottle of Anthracite (looks like charcoal gray) to have an alternative to flat black for chassis, tires, belts and such - hope it works; I've looked for years for a replacement for Pactra's Scale Black.

 

[RSchnell]

I haven't tried the sprays, but recently tried some Revell acrylic paint in the little square pots and am very pleased with them. I'll have to grab some of the spray next time I'm at the LHS.

[peteski]

I just hate  the word acrylic being used generically to describe paint.

Is the Revell stuff water-based acrylic enamel, or solvent-based acrylic enamel or lacquer?

[martinfan5]

3 hours ago, peteski said:

I just hate  the word acrylic being used generically to describe paint.

Is the Revell stuff water-based acrylic enamel, or solvent-based acrylic enamel or lacquer?

So the spray paints are acrylic lacquers , the brush paints are either water based acrylics and enamel.

[peteski]

1 hour ago, martinfan5 said:

So the spray paints are acrylic lacquers , the brush paints are either water based acrylics and enamel.

Thanks!

[DiscoRover007]

10 hours ago, martinfan5 said:

So the spray paints are acrylic lacquers , the brush paints are either water based acrylics and enamel.

Ah so they are acrylic lacquer in the vein of Tamiya?  Could these be cleared with TS-13 in that case?

[martinfan5]

2 hours ago, DiscoRover007 said:

Ah so they are acrylic lacquer in the vein of Tamiya?  Could these be cleared with TS-13 in that case?

I would do a spoon test to check for compatibility between the paints.