quick pastic bleed question.

[drunken monkey]

at the moment, i have a kit painted in tamiya light gun metal over halfords automotive primer.
i plan on spraying some tamiya mica or racing blue over the top of the gun metal but as of now, there is some red bleeding through from the plastic.
is it likely to happen through the blue if go ahead or is it best if i just admit defeat and strip and start again?

DM.

[suicidehummer]

Is it red styrene? If so, read this, tigeraid had the same problem...
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...ht=red+styrene

[Some_Kid]

you could try spraying light mist coats of light gunmetal over the area, to hopefully build up enough color on the red bleeding through to where it is un noticable

[drunken monkey]

i've been through that thread before but it's not exactly the same as what i'm doing.
in his case, he wanted a white finish.
in my case, i want a dark/deep blue, hence the gun metal base but so dark as to require a black base.
i didn't expect the red to come through the gun metal but it did and am now slightly worried that it will come through the blue as well as it is lighter than the gun metal.

[suicidehummer]

The color doesn't matter, either recoat over and
over, or strip the paint, seal it, then paint again.