black paint

[FordWagonNut]

Ok, first off I pulled a stupid.

I am building Revells '06 Mustang GT500-H. I have not painted a black car in a long time, 10 years or so. I choose Tamiya's paint. From what I have read on here, people seem to like it. Problem was, the Hobby Town only had semi gloss black. I figured I could use that with a few coats of Tamiya's clear coat.

However, it did not turn out was well as I thought it would. It just looks like semi gloss black that has a lot of Armor-All on it. So I'm just going to strip the paint and start fresh.

So I am asking opinions on rattle can black. Suggestions, ideas, anything. I would like to do the Revell '66 Mustang GT500-H to match the '06 I am doing now.

Thanks guys!

[MrObsessive]

Johnny here's a tip I learned from James Testor in regards to black paint. Why not just paint the car in primer black and then shoot about six coats or so of urethane over the primer? Once it's dry, you then rub out and polish the clearcoat and TAA-DAA!............you've got a nice shiny black paint job with no fuss!

Of course this requires an airbrush.............but the results would be worth it!

Hope this helps!

[VW Dave]

Tamiya TS-14 gloss black is the way to go IMO.

[crispy]

Another vote for TS-14 by Tamiya.

This is the only way I can do black. It turns out beautifully. However, with that said, you need to make sure all the body work and primer coats are smooth as glass.

Here are two done with TS-14:

Again, the key here is smooth body work and primer coats. Black takes a lot more work but the results are worth it when the paint jobs come out so clean.

Good Luck!

Chris

[weasel]

+10 on Tamiya black, blackest black there is!!

i used it on this BOSS429

if you can find Testors, they have a new '1 coat' line of paints [lacquer] and the black isn't to bad to work with...

[moparbuilder]

I wish that I had taken pictures of the two cars that I did paint in black primer with 2 coats of urethane clear coat. They were the 61 Impala and 64 Plymouth that I built for Lindberg models. They were both on display at the Chicago hobby show. My technique (learned from master painter Steve Goldman) is to lay just enough paint to get an even color coat and then brighten it up with clear. I don't do wet coats of color at all. AND, if you lay the clear well enough, you don't even have to polish it! Look at my 58 Corvette. No polish at all, just straight up clear. I am finishing up a Nissan 350Z and will be posting pic's in a day or two that is not polished at all and is miles deep with 2 coats of Urethane.

James

PS: Steve, do you want to chime in on this one?

[weasel]

yeah, but us mortals use rattlecans!! lol

[FordWagonNut]

Another vote for TS-14 by Tamiya.

This is the only way I can do black. It turns out beautifully. However, with that said, you need to make sure all the body work and primer coats are smooth as glass.

Here are two done with TS-14:

Again, the key here is smooth body work and primer coats. Black takes a lot more work but the results are worth it when the paint jobs come out so clean.

Good Luck!

Chris

Thanks everyone for your help. This was exactly what I was looking for. The rest of the Mustang is going very well. Its my first newer kit in a long time, things have come a long way.

[weasel]

one thing to look out for tho', some of the new kits plastic doesn't like a 'hot' paint and will craze the plastic...

[Nick Winter]

Johnny here's a tip I learned from James Testor in regards to black paint. Why not just paint the car in primer black and then shoot about six coats or so of urethane over the primer? Once it's dry, you then rub out and polish the clearcoat and TAA-DAA!............you've got a nice shiny black paint job with no fuss!

Of course this requires an airbrush.............but the results would be worth it!

Hope this helps!

That's what I did with rattle cans on my Bandit Trans Am.

[charlie8575]

The more I see of the Tamyia sprays, the more I like them. I have a can of BRG for a 1/32 Pyro Bentley. I'm going to give this stuff a serious look.

Charli Larkin