• If you are new to GiantScaleNews.com, please register, introduce yourself, and make yourself at home.

    We're 1st in Giant Scale RC because we've got the best membership on the internet! Take a look around and don't forget to register to get all of the benefits of GSN membership!

    Welcome!

painting ON covering?

Had this conversation with a few buddies of mine, wanted to see what techniques are being used for this process. Have some ideas for artwork on plain white covering. From what I undersrand, it's letting the covering shrink in the sun first, steel wool scuffing, but what type of Paint and does it need to be cleared? Let me know, sounds like something I'd like to do on my next gasser!

Thanks and God bless,
Tomas Simatovic
www.tas-kustoms.com
 

dhal22

GSN Sponsor Tier 1
It's been done but wrinkling is a problem. Pretty much how you describe it is the method I've researched.
 

Jetpainter

640cc Uber Pimp
I painted an Ultracote covered wing many years ago. From what I can remember I used a single stage urethane after scuffing it with a gray Scotchbrite pad. I don't remember if I used any flex additive or not. It held up well, but was on a fully sheeted wing and stab.

Solartex fabric covering takes paint very well and goes on easy, but it's heavier than Ultracote or Monocote.
 
I was planning on trying a paint scheme on an all white 100cc plane, the gentleman I spoke to who does some killer artwork actually clear coated the whole plane and it added 5-8oz of weight from arf weight? Seems worth it to me if I'm going to be putting lots of hours into it, but I have a different idea in mind for a separate project.

Looking at picking up a new blue 104 ef extra. I did that scheme on a few foamies, but instead of stars, I added some consistent ghost flames in those areas where the stars would be. Was thinking about trying a white single stage paint on top of the clear I put on the tops of the wings and stabs... thoughts?
 
Think it sounds bad ass. Can't help ya much other than that. I have heard rumor of some builders doing paint over ultracote so the colors all match. They said that monokote would get brittle after painting.
 

Terryscustom

640cc Uber Pimp
Here are a few pics of the one I did. Does it work.....YES. Does it look badass.......YES. Will I do it again.......HHHHHHHHHHELL NO.

I spent twice as long to paint this plane than I did to cover the plane all in white. It took crazy amounts of paper, taping.....then the tape lifes the covering so you have to iron it, repeat. Once it was done and cured it was badass. I did a match to apple green and black with white ice diamonds (AKA stripper sparkles) from Kustom Shop. It is all base coat / clear coat with Nason spot panel clear.

Once the clear had cured for a couple of weeks I was able to iron out wrinkles right over the covering justing a low heat in the 220 range without issues. The only places that had issues when I had it was the edges where I stopped the paint and could not use pin-stripe to cover. It wanted to chip a bit there.
 

Attachments

  • image001 (7).jpg
    image001 (7).jpg
    86.1 KB · Views: 526
  • image003 (5).jpg
    image003 (5).jpg
    53.5 KB · Views: 509
  • image002 (7).jpg
    image002 (7).jpg
    61.2 KB · Views: 509
  • image001 (6).jpg
    image001 (6).jpg
    51.9 KB · Views: 523
  • image021.jpg
    image021.jpg
    69.7 KB · Views: 477
  • image017.jpg
    image017.jpg
    63.3 KB · Views: 508
  • image013 (3).jpg
    image013 (3).jpg
    73.4 KB · Views: 481
  • image012 (1).jpg
    image012 (1).jpg
    89.9 KB · Views: 504
  • image008 (5).jpg
    image008 (5).jpg
    71.6 KB · Views: 495
  • image001 (5).jpg
    image001 (5).jpg
    75.9 KB · Views: 493
  • image007 (1).jpg
    image007 (1).jpg
    60.8 KB · Views: 517
  • image005 (1).jpg
    image005 (1).jpg
    96.4 KB · Views: 500
  • image013 (2).jpg
    image013 (2).jpg
    84.4 KB · Views: 466
  • image012.jpg
    image012.jpg
    83 KB · Views: 533
  • image003 (4).jpg
    image003 (4).jpg
    136.2 KB · Views: 515

Terryscustom

640cc Uber Pimp
Thanks for bringing up the memory though, I loved this plane just needed to make room for more builds. This would be the second of seven builds leading up to the Viper-ST.

 
Top