Post by Deraj on May 27, 2016 16:31:49 GMT -5
So, some background on this - my wife used to work at a beauty supply store, and frequently I would pick her up on her closing shifts. Every once in a while I'd be forced to wait around, and wander the aisles. Her store had a 6'x9-12' section of wall just filled to the brim with different nail polishes, many of which I thought would actually look amazing applied to models. (especially in situations when a Zoid is being pimped out more like a luxury sports vehicle than a battle machine.)
However, I know nail polish is different, chemically, than most normal paints, and not every nail polish is created with the same chemicals. So, before I go buying nail polish and ruining everything, I have a few questions:
1 - Which varieties of nail polish would be safe to apply to model plastic, if any?
2 - Would those varieties, when thinned properly/if thinned, play nice in an air brush, and still dry properly?
3 - How would it play if a standard acrylic primer is used first? I know that there are fake nails made from acrylic, so one would have to think that it wouldn't eat through acrylic primer. (I know model kits don't use a standard plastic, as it's non-recyclable, so this may be a viable choice, given careful prep.)
I do not currently own an air compressor to test with my air brush, but I figured someone else had to have thought about this first and done a few tests.
Any ideas or insight would be most welcome. I know a lot of people don't care for mixing their own paints, especially when there are extra effects it might have causing chemical clashes and all that. (Mixing metallics and such, for example.) So, having access to the fifty billion premixed colors that nail polish brings could prove useful.
However, I know nail polish is different, chemically, than most normal paints, and not every nail polish is created with the same chemicals. So, before I go buying nail polish and ruining everything, I have a few questions:
1 - Which varieties of nail polish would be safe to apply to model plastic, if any?
2 - Would those varieties, when thinned properly/if thinned, play nice in an air brush, and still dry properly?
3 - How would it play if a standard acrylic primer is used first? I know that there are fake nails made from acrylic, so one would have to think that it wouldn't eat through acrylic primer. (I know model kits don't use a standard plastic, as it's non-recyclable, so this may be a viable choice, given careful prep.)
I do not currently own an air compressor to test with my air brush, but I figured someone else had to have thought about this first and done a few tests.
Any ideas or insight would be most welcome. I know a lot of people don't care for mixing their own paints, especially when there are extra effects it might have causing chemical clashes and all that. (Mixing metallics and such, for example.) So, having access to the fifty billion premixed colors that nail polish brings could prove useful.