Focus Canopy Painting

[Pascoe,Tim [Burlington]]

	I have tried several different brands of spray paint for this
application, and have found that Tamiya works the best on the wide variety
of plastics/lexans used for canopies. I use the Tamiya 'Smoke' colour, which
is essentially the Clear+Black that Tony recommended, but requires no
preparation, etc. I used one can for a very dark canopy on my Typhoon.

Tim


-----Original Message-----


On my Focus I used the spray cans for the RC cars very easy to do and lots 
of colors.


>
>Re: Focus Canopy PaintingIf you tint the canopy, it won't melt in the sun.

>I have been doing this for years.  What I do is mix some black with clear, 
>about 10 parts clear to 1 part black.   Then I tape off the canopy, scuff 
>it up with a Scotchbrite pad and spray on the tinted clear.  Put on 
>additional coats until you get the amount of "tint" you want.  Very easy, 
>and you could tint the clear most any color you want.
>
>Tony Stillman
>Radio South, Inc.
>3702 N. Pace Blvd.
>Pensacola, Fl 32505
>www.radiosouthrc.com
>800-962-7802
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Bill Carpenter
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
>   Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:29 PM
>   Subject: Re: Focus Canopy Painting
>
>
>   Bill,
>
>   Don't paint the canopy black unless you don't mind having it melt in the

>sun.  If you leave it clear, the sun will "greenhouse" inside and wrinkle 
>the floor covering, making it look awful.  I tried painting my ARF canopy a

>pewter color.  It's a light color, doesn't clash with the ARF colors, and 
>the paint itself doesn't weigh as much as something like silver.  I trimmed

>the canopy with white striping tape and it looks great.
>
>   Bill
>   ----------
>   From: phelps15 at comcast.net
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
>   Subject: Focus Canopy Painting
>   Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2003, 4:43 PM
>
>
>
>     Guys:
>     Need your opinion - how do you feel about the visibility in the air of

>a clear canopy vs. one that is painted black?
>     Thanks!
>     Bill Pritchett
>     765-744-9322
>


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