Does anyone know of any customizers who offer repainting services for the Iron Man panties?
I don't see any fading but under certain lighting the "undies" do tend to look a bit lighter than the surrounding plastic.
Do all fade or only some. My MKVI hasnt faded at all.
Keeping them in the box, or stored in the box for extended periods, seems to accelerate the fading. Some faded quicker than others. I'm not sure how the MK VI's were affected. My Mk IV is very, very slightly faded after I boxed it for a few months - but sometimes I look at it and wonder if it's just my imagination.
Can someone please advise why it is necessary to first remove the original paint before airbrushing the Mr Color silver then the Gaia 041 red?
Also is the silver/red airbrushing method successful over plastic parts also...or just the rubber panties? I have some armor parts I would like to recolour to match the Mark IV red.
When you are painting anything plastic or metal, it is best to clean and strip the work to avoid any further corrosion or deterioration of the existing paint. If you do not remove all of the original paint it leaves a potential for the base layer to peel and either bubble or crack the added layers of paint coats.
Just uses some rubbing alcohol mineral spirits on the panties, don't drench it but give it a good wipe and that should get most of the paint breakdown off the work.
As long as you strip existing paint from the work as much as possible you can use a quality primer (thin coats) can paint pretty much anything.
Thanks. I have some MK42 armor pieces in gold/red that I will be recoloring as MKIV red. I will strip the original paint.
I recall that Mr Color Leveling Thinner can be used to strip the original paint...is that correct?
EDIT: Confirmed at post #315
This thread just keeps giving back, huh? Since 2011.
Too bad HT never read it.
This thread just keeps giving back, huh? Since 2011.
Too bad HT never read it.
If the pieces are gold to begin with, you can paint on top of the gold.
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