Zero Paints Questions

Do Zero paints (candy) need to be thinned for air brushing?

Yes!

See here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=910377) for an explanation.

I know you say you cover it in that thread but how do you know how much to thin the basecolour by?

Should I also thin the metalic basecoat?

You have to judge how much thinner to add by how the paint performs. Spray it, watch it and see what it does, and then correct.

The metallic will need to be thinned, also.

Incidentally, is this the first time you've used Zero Paints? Do you have experience body painting with other paint?

The reason I ask is that candy colors (colored transparent over a metallic base) are very difficult and fantastically unforgiving to apply. :uhoh: They will clearly show every flaw, error, and mistake, and by the nature of candy coats errors are not correctable. If you haven't got a good deal of experience with the materials and are hoping for a good finish, you may be in for alot of stripping and repainting.

If you're just learning to use lacquers, I would very much recommend a different color for your first one or two (or thirty or forty) bodies.

may have a re-think then. Can you send me a link for the correct thinners I need to use with zero paints.

Be sure to get a lot of primer down too.... This paint can cause crazing of the underlying plastic if you put it on too wet, or don't use enough primer... Build the colour up gently with several light coats.

Being a base coat system you don't need to flood it on to get a glasss smooth finish. The clear coat will do that