question about sanding/painting

[Gane]

Well, you see in the days of Wing Gundam; Bandai used red plastics that will bleed through enamel paint (I don't know if they still use the same plastic on new kits). This is also common in other brands like Tamiya, thus it is imperative to use a primer before applying enamels on red plastic.

Bleeding as in the color pigment will combine with the wet paint like a new red t-shirt washed with your whites. In the end you get pink clothes, but in this case your white paint will have turned pink or have pink streaks.

It will only affect enamel over untreated red plastic as far as I know.

"The More You Know"

[kasmichan]

nyeee..I love pink but not a pink mecha...I already tried putting orange enamel on white plastic using my Rein weis and there's nothing wrong with it..I also tried on my Reise applying white enamel and it's ok too, nothing went pink on the part..

thanks for the tip Genji. I was thinking of painting my brother's blitzer sonic to white..thank goodnes I haven't started it..~_~

[Gane]

Ok that would be white enamel paint by brush over red plastic...

If it does not bleed then Bandai and other companies realized the problem already with the plastic beads they use to make the kits...

My pleasure to be of service to fellow robot kit enthusiasts ;D

Enjoy... ;D