Hi Chris, While I can not say how Rustoleum paint would hold up for this application, I have used it many times on numerous other projects with great success, and I do not see why it would not work well. The paint I used on my Panther (T-072) was an acrylic exterior house paint that I had color matched from Home Depot. I know it is a water based paint, but it is a very tough paint. My thinking is that, if it is tough enough to put on my house, and it holds up against all the elements that Mother Nature throws at it all the time, then it must be good enough for this application too.... Thus far, I have driven it though mud & water and it cleans up just fine. The other aspect of using this paint that made it appealing to me was the price, comparatively it is quite cheap... So, if it ever needs it, it will be cheap and easy to repaint. Also a little goes a long way, so you don't need to buy a whole lot. I only purchased a quart of each color that I used, and I still have enough to repaint the entire thing over again several times. Plus, if I ever need more, all I need to do is take the same swatches that I initially used to have them color match some more...
I guess the questions I would have to ask are: 1.) How much money do you want to spend? 2.) What is the purpose of the paint? 3.) What is the material you are painting? Given that if I had enough money to burn, I think I would probably use a polyeuethane paint. It is probably the toughest paint I have ever used, but it is not cheap. It is what we used when I was painting airplanes for the Navy. They use it because it lasts a long time and it holds up to the elemants extremely well... The down side is that it is very expensive and it is not the easiest paint to use. I hope this helps. Kelly ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [TANKS] what paint DID you use on the tank? okay, so far i've only heard NOT to use Rust-oleum paint (don't know why i thought it was something else), so maybe i should ask, what kind of paint did you use to paint your tank Chris, Odyssey Slipways-- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
