I'm curious people's opinions on best choices for best brand of spray paint and best colors?

The colors I'm mainly interested in are a good Cobra Blue(i.e. Rattler), Tiger Force Yellow/Red, G.I.Joe Green(think early Joe vehicles) and of course Crimson.

Also any tips for spray painting vehicles?

here are two of the colors-types i get, both were picked up at Wal-Mart. i alos use the flat black same brand as the blue. as for yellow, i have only ever found gloss, and yellow is such a hard color to paint, it takes like 50 coats and never loos right in my experience. Good luck there.

Thanks! I'll definetly check those out. That F/18 Looks sweet!

I'm itching to make some custom Tiger Force vehicles, figure a yellow base with red painted over it by hand....just have to pour the paint on I guess.

i'm no customizer, but if i were going to do a tiger force vehicle, i'd use a masking tape to cover the yellow base, you can probablly do the ragged stripes pretty easy with the tape, just my two cents.

ill throw in that the new almond is pretty decent for desert stuff- after that, any brown goes well.
when it comes to brand, you pretty much get what you pay for , better tips and faster drying with krylon.
(i usually use the cheap stuff, for the kind of stuff we do with vehicles, repainting. brand hardly matters)

You definitely want to stick with Krylon Fusion, which is made for painting plastic. It works great. I've painted several Hiss 3's with the flat black and it's tough to tell the difference right beside the original. It dries quickly, and adheres better than anything else.

You definitely want to stick with Krylon Fusion, which is made for painting plastic. It works great. I've painted several Hiss 3's with the flat black and it's tough to tell the difference right beside the original. It dries quickly, and adheres better than anything else.


Has krylon started releasing the Fusion line in flat finishes? i have only found gloss, and honestly, i don't like it at all, it clumps and coats badly. It works well for smaller stuff, but anytime i use it on larger items, I am never happy with the results. If it is coming in flat or satin finish now, I will use it.

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