head of the river cat hull thread

[Flying Scotsman]

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I used Motip (I think it´s Dublicolor in the USA)

And I used thin coat of plastic primer,2 coats of red primer,few coats of Ferrari red and 2 clear lacker coats.

This is fast drying paint system , 24hrs sould be enough.b4 wetsanding it (says 2hrs to dry compleatly on the lacker can). I have it in a heated room(33Celcius) so it will dry fast.


This have to be ready on saturday(a photograpfer who I know is coming to take some action shots).

If the paint goes with the hatch tape I just do it again... -the biggest job is done anyways...(smoothened the sides -took ALOT of filling and sanding)





Pate

Pate, the problem is the paint is still soft and has not fully cured

Douggie

[Flying Scotsman]

A clear coat over most rattle can paints is very difficult to fix when you have damage to the orginal paint. The shine to my old eyes looks is not natural, a very plastic look. I still love the look of a well painted lacquer finish and very easy to fix.

Douggie

[FastVee]

Douggie, I do understand that the paint could take up to 2 months to fully cure.

I just need this to be ready on saturday. If it goes bad, I can easily fix it. -I am not that bad of a painter. I have painted few 1:1 cars on my younger days(not that I´m old or anything)

I just hate rattle cans.....

maybe I´ll get a proper paint gun in the winter and do this properly.




Pate

[Flying Scotsman]

Douggie, I do understand that the paint could take up to 2 months to fully cure.

I just need this to be ready on saturday. If it goes bad, I can easily fix it. -I am not that bad of a painter. I have painted few 1:1 cars on my younger days(not that I´m old or anything)

I just hate rattle cans.....

maybe I´ll get a proper paint gun in the winter and do this properly.




Pate

I did not state it takes 2 months to cure, I said wait a week and that is a minimum.
True auto painting techniques are very different as they use catalayst paints, which is nasty stuff and they can do repairs much quicker. They use a base paint that has no shine and then apply a clear coat

Douggie

[FastVee]

Sorry guys, a bit offtopic here, but I needed to clarify things .

I did not state that you stated that it takes 2 months -sorry if I gave you that impression.

I ment to write that I know from my experience that these acrylic paints cure up to 30-60 days. The 24hrs to dry, is usually enough to start using the painted thing,but it is not completely cured.

They dont usually use the "nasty stuff" anymore on 1:1 cars, it is water based paints nowdays -in here atleast (they are still nasty,but not that bad - the old stuff did stick better on the cars, though )
And the metallic paints only require the clear, normal paints are good to go after 24hrs drying in the oven.(they are 2k(paint+hardener) paints though)


Pate

[FastVee]

Here it is....ready for the testdrive on saturday

Best paintjob I have made using rattle cans.





The black hardware looks good




Pate

[ED66677]

lovely!

[Brushless55]

Wow, looks great!
What clear did you use?

[FastVee]

I used Motip spray cans. (on the can it reads motip dupli company, so I guess it is dublicolor in some countries) here are pics of the paint/ing http://kuvablogi.com/blog/4540/45/

The primer is missing from that pic, and I used satin black on window,but the clear made it shiny offcourse.


Pate

[Brushless55]

[bustitup]

very very nice...I will say again I am impressed with the speed of your work....you going to decal that baby up Italian style?


ferrari decals would look killer

[BIGDG357]

Ahhh, I think I'm done, unlike fastvee this took forever but for my first build I am really happy with the results. It is ready for its first run the only problem is that the bayou ( our river here in south Louisiana ) is piled really thick with water hyacinths these things are horrible here this time of year, but hopefully I'll find a break and get to run it soon.I have a few pics of the boat finished what do you guys think?

[Rumdog]

Sweetes HOTR cat i've seen!!

[BIGDG357]

WOW, I am very pleased with this build the boat rides beautifully, handles like a dream and to top it all off it gpsed at 54 mph. I am very satisfied with this build. I will try to get a video up soon.

[domwilson]

What's your setup?