wanting to tint windows

[mavtoy]

Hello guy's don't remember if I was on here or another model site but I'm trying to make my windows yellow and nothing seems to do it ...I tried food coloring did nothing what so ever, tried yellow marker and no go any other idea's Thanks a head your help is much appreciated .

[Mackvision]

Try RIT brand clothing dye,works good for me on tinting windows,not sure if they offer yellow though?....................................Mark

[rsxse240]

Go to your local window tint shop and get scrap tint of any color you like. They throw so much of it away, I'm sure the'll just give you their scraps since they can't use them for anything.

You could also try airbrushing transparent yellow paint on the inside of the glass after you do the black details of course. You can get transparent yellow (or any color for that matter) in acrylics, enamels, lacquers, inks, you name it.

I'm sure the fabric dye works, but I have a difficult time believing it will last any amount of time or that it won't rub off while handling it during assembly. Inks are also questionable in this manner too.

[Foxer]

You could also try searching this forum .. have been many things said .. search

[rsxse240]

Bahh, search is for people who have nothing better to do. hahaha

Besides, moderators wouldn't have anything to do if they didn't spend all day and night combining similar threads. lol

[mavtoy]

Thanks to you all seems to be some good idea's

[wrecker388]

Real window tint works quite good. I just used it on a 88 K2500 I built and haven't yet posted. I'll post some pics of the window here when I do.

[dartman]

I have had good luck using highlighter markers.

[mavtoy]

Well I'm back to the food coloring in hot water going to try them over night tonight to see what happens....I microwaved a half of a cup of water for about a minute and a half then added about 3/4 of a bottle of food coloring so we shall see if this doesn't work I'm going to try notebook divider plastic sheets glued to the inside of the windows and that should work....Hopefully

[jwrass]

David,

One product that works really well is Auto Art and Auto Arts Wicked brand of water based paints. I use their product a fair amount in my 1:1 Kustom painting business (see profile)Their transparent yellow #4231 works really great (all their transparent's work well for this) One thing that is nice about this product is if you don't like the results you can give a bath in soapy warm water with no adverse affects. Another plus is that being transparent you can layer the color until you get the tone or tint you want.

A trick you can use as a pre paint prep for all plastics to keep the dust away is a mix of 70 to 80% distilled water to 20 to 10% isopropal alcohol. Mix it and place it in a small hand spray bottle give the object a spritz and wipe with a micro fiber towel in one direction until the surface is clean. This pre prep solution will kill the static charge that is created when you rub on plastic, you will be amazed at how much cleaner your paint work will be.

I hope this helps! Jimmy "Rass"

On the clear plastic spray the back side of the plastic like on RC bodies and old school slot cars

[mavtoy]

Thank you Sir sounds like another good idea

[Chrischu33]

Give Tamiya's TS-71 Smoke a try, it works like a charm. However, few tips when using it.

1. Shake well

2. Make sure there is exactly no dust on the windshield when you spray

3. Spray in light coats, wait about 5-10 mins between each coat

4. Don't spray too many coats or you might end up over tinting it (it doesn't look that tinted when you spray, it gets darker afterwards)

Good luck tinting