is engine enamel good for these? i got a lot of half empty cans just laying around.
Off topic: it is half empty when you go from full down to the half mark, it is half full when you fill it half way up from empty, that's the way I look at it. On Apr 28, 7:04 pm, Kelly G <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 athttp://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 athttp://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
