There’s numerous methods of painting, I chose one that’d involve layers. Having a metallic under layer w/ the flat black on top, then sanding the black slightly away to make it look weathered in spots, and also would look like the paint is actually painted on metal. Works in theory. I managed to slightly mess it up. I think the metallic silver paint must’ve been on too thick because the black on top, in a few spots, looks like old cracked cement. Still black just not smooth, or the look I was going for.
I think I want to strip off all the paint and re-do it, but I’ll instead do a base of primer and only black paint. Then w/ a fine brush spray the end w/ the metallic and brush on the weathering marks on top of the matte black.
Pack is fiberglass, resin, pvc, and wood (though not much wood, mostly just inside of the PVC as threaded anchors). Anybody have experience with having to redo a pack and the best non-harsh method of paint removal? I was thinking of just standard paint thinner but I don’t know if that’d also eat away at the pvc, resin, or fiberglass.
I had the exact same thing on my thrower, I did some research into it, it can happen in two instances. The first is when the layer below the top layer hasn’t dried fully, this can cause the paint to wrinkle. The second is due to spraying in different temperatures, which is what happened with me, the silver went on on a hot day, the black a few days later on a cool evening. It’s possible to sand it off, but when I did this, it took the silver off too. Have you thought about giving it a scuffed look? Take a pan scourer or some steel wool and rub in circles or in strokes depending on how you want it to look, I have this on some on my thrower, it looks pretty convincing.
Along with that Id say it sounds like you may of sprayed your black coat to thick which is why its orange peeling. There was a great pack build thread in which a guy totally botched his paint but with some elbow grease and time he made it look awesome. I cant remember which thread though. Maybe he’ll post in here it was pretty recent. It be wise to check his thread ( if you can find it) and see how he fixed it. Paint thinner wont eat away at anything ( unless its foam) but I would suggest sanding it down. Otherwise your gonna have a gunky mess when that thinner starts peeling the paint up causing more work for you. Hell , sand down the bad areas, hit them with a few light coats of black again and weather it as you normally would. That seems the easiest solution.
Unless you’re painting with a roller, never apply heavy coats.
Spraying paint is an art, and takes practice. You need to know about what you’re painting on, and what you’re paining with. And make sure everything will “like” each other when its done.
Don’t mix paint types, don’t spray heavy coats if you’re layering, allow each coat to flash/dry per instructions, and follow instructions for temperature and humidity.
No mixing, it’s all the same brand and type. And I’ve spray painted before, even with making sure the first layer isn’t a total coverage, you want to see the previous layer. However I think the reason why some areas are bad is because it’s not like spraying a flat object, when I moved around and painted another section some overspray most likely gave a larger coating on those areas than I wanted. The silver was too thick because of this most likely, not the black that’s actually a lighter layer in total.
I’m just wondering if paint thinner, or some other product somebody might have had good experience with, is capable of removing the paint but also not damaging/eating the resin/pvc/etc. Most likely it’ll be a balancing process with the paint thinner to wipe away some paint then wipe that area down with water. And continue that process over and over.
You’ll probably have better results by trying to peel the paint off.
When I was building my halo armor back in 04, I used silver/aluminum paint before spraying the “sage green” and the whole thing pretty much lifted off the primer. I just peeled it all off like a vinyl sticker.
Thinner will be a huge mess in this case. It will also soften/melt PVC
It didn’t turn out as bad as I thought it would, so for now it has a weathering effect like it’s a Proton Pack that’s been through years of abuse w/ no aesthetic upkeep. I figure take this approach, then sand ALL the paint off (might as well just sand it off and be safe) and re-paint w/ a more moderate amount of weathering. And probably do it w/ just a flat black coat and then brush on the silver metallic.
I’ve taken pics with the Blackberry I’ll upload them by tonight. Actually still working on the assembly and if all goes according to plan I’ll have it done today.