I'm just trying to find some super cheap one-shot to practice with since I figure I'll be wasting plenty of it. Anyone have any suggestions? Or even better anyone wanna be a pal and spot me some?
using those tiny jars won't be cheap! some colors fade really bad too. i remember back in the early 90's, when pastel was in, my dad painted a topper to match his brand new MINT GREEN S-10, used some testors paint for striping etc, faded really bad, but i know some people use red and blue testors paint for detailing chrome emblems on old cars. i thought a can of one shot was only a few bucks?
go to home depot and buy a quart of rustoleum red enamel. then go to your local plastics shop, drive round back and get what ever scrap they have
Far as the Testor's paint goes I think it dries too fast to be usable as a striping paint. I'm guessing as well it could damage the paint underneath - which would be a concern when you have to wipe off a mistake. We used to use an enamel called "Four Hour Enamel" that we got at Sherwin-Williams paint stores. More than likely any oil based enamel would work for practice. That said, One-Shot is the stuff to use when you're doing it for real and I'm pretty sure the real stripers will chime in with the same advice. You'll probably want to pull some lines with the One-Shot on a practice surface to get used to its characteristics before you lay a line on a pristine Deuce trunk lid....
OK, Voice of experience here. When I started fooling around with striping awhile back I was using Testors to practice because that is what was handy, A. Some colors do not cover well. B. As stated above it dries way to fast and the brush is a bitch to clean. C. It has nowhere near the flow characteristics that one shot does. When I finally broke down and ordered One-Shot my work improved a ton, IMHO. If you don't have a place locally to get it (which I don't) you can get it from a lot of places on line. I use Mr. Art. Runs from five to nine dollars for a pint can, depending on the color. Hope that helps, George
one shot is about 6 dollars for a can of white at our local hardware store,i don't think that is too expensive to practice with....the stuff will go a country mile...you'll improve faster if your brushes are better(blue threaded macks) and your paint is right
PM kustomd, he uses it. I don't like to use it myself but then again I'm addicted to 1-shot anyway. Once you get the knack for how much paint you need in your brush you'll waste less paint on the pallet. I have also used rustolem enamel from wally world about 3 bux a can and comes in white, black, and green it works ok for practice. This is just my personal opinion so take it with a grain of sand but why get used to using something you won't be using down the road, go head on and get aquanted with Mr. 1-shot. Good luck Jester
One Shot will flow differenly (better) than Testors, so I don't think using Testors would give you "true" practice. The One Shot also will not fade as badly as Testors. Plus, if you compare the cost for the small amount in each of those little Testors bottles with the cost for the amount of One Shot in their little can, I think the One Shot is probably more economical.
oh and try bearair.com for 1-shot, 5.12 and up for 1-shot and it goes along way as long as you don't let you kid spill half a can of red all over you and ruin a pair of pants a shoe and a new pair of underware.........whats up with "a pair of underware" anyway you only ware 1.....oh and whats up with the locks on a 24 hr gas station....and television set I only got one in the box....oh and why is it that your feet smell and your nose runs........oops sorry................
If you're gonna be practicing and end up using rustoleum or non striping paint, is it gonna do any damage to your brushes? Or present a difficulty when cleaning your brushes?
[ QUOTE ] Don't Fuck around with Mystery Brands. Get some 1-Shot,the big boys use it for a reason. [/ QUOTE ] yeah what he said
I just used the testors practicing but it is different one shot is the way to go. By the way the testors stuff is just enamel paint the same as most other types of enamel paints but it doesn't have the linseed oil in it like one shot does so it flows differently. It's better to practice with one shot and get used to that. Hopefully one of these days I'll get to start practicing myself again but I have to many mechanic jobs going on right now and my wedding so maybe one of these days. gotta make that almighty dollar.
Definately one shot. It flows and handles completly different than testers, so in otherwords you really won't be learning how to pull the correct media.
one shot might not be cheap but it lasts forever... testers wont work too thin and it will dry too fast. rustoleum paint doesnt work either. just make the envestment on one shot. maybe start with colors that dont sell like brown, they're usually cheaper. you cant get good with cheap shit.
and not only everything that has been said already, but one shot works great on model cars. it's "soft" enough that it doesn't craze the plastic like alot of other paints not designed for models. i use it with an airbrush and mix any color i need. price wise it's alot cheaper than buying testors. and besides all that there is an almost unlimited supply of it out in my work truck. paint on.
I've used to Testor's before, it fades really badly. Not worth using at all really. Don't be a cheap asshole, but 3 less 12 packs of Milwakee's Best this week and get the good stuff.
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