Painting on Die-Cast Metal

[FREED]

As you read. What is the best way to paint on what I'm assuming is Die-Cast material that has already been painted on? Thank you.

[mampy]

I'm not sure how the people who repaint BTs do it, but I'm guessing you should strip the paint and then apply primer (maybe automotive primer), then paint as usual? That's what I would do.

[enclinedesigns]

It would be perfectly fine to scuff it up with a green scotch brite pad. The reason being is the paint on there already adhered to the metal. So scratch up the surface of the paint and paint right on top. That is how I repaint a car if there is no body damage and the paint is factory!!!

[FREED]

It would be perfectly fine to scuff it up with a green scotch brite pad. The reason being is the paint on there already adhered to the metal. So scratch up the surface of the paint and paint right on top. That is how I repaint a car if there is no body damage and the paint is factory!!!

Hmm. By scratch up u mean removing paint by scratching it up away?

[enclinedesigns]

Hmm. By scratch up u mean removing paint by scratching it up away?

No no.. Basically "scuff" it up. Just the top surface. I will have a video up in about a week and a half when I repaint my G1 prime.

[RyanUybengkee]

i did a repaint of a KO sideswipe. what i did was totally sand everything with a 150grade sandpaper. yeah..im crazy...
then, to those panels in front (of his grill) which you cant scuff or sand anymore coz its so hard to reach, i dipped them into a small container of thinner. overnight. the next day, good as removed.

applied primer so that the paint sticks to the body, then painted away!

i think encline would agree that taking time to prepare your surface is the best way to achieve a very good and consistent paint job.

[enclinedesigns]

i did a repaint of a KO sideswipe. what i did was totally sand everything with a 150grade sandpaper. yeah..im crazy...
then, to those panels in front (of his grill) which you cant scuff or sand anymore coz its so hard to reach, i dipped them into a small container of thinner. overnight. the next day, good as removed.

applied primer so that the paint sticks to the body, then painted away!

i think encline would agree that taking time to prepare your surface is the best way to achieve a very good and consistent paint job.

While I agree with how important prep work is, I also believe in saving time if the same outcome can be achieved!!

On metal parts, the factory has already taken steps to assure the paint is addhe.........you know what...I am not sure. I know with cars it is fine. But with toys, maybe not so much. So always test the durability.

I am going to test out my Prime's paint adhesion properties to see if I need to take it all the way down. So yeah, there are some good ideas here.

[Sabrina_Ng]

Heya. I would just sand the entire part lightly with a 1000 grit sandpaper and start painting thereafter. Stripping all the paint off may not be very ideal for me as there will be some parts that I may not reach. Those parts will form grooves later on when I start painting overall.